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The agreement came a month after Morocco agreed to normalize ties with Israel, joining the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords that includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.
Israel has committed to bring in the last wave of immigration—those who currently reside in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, and in Gondar in the northern part of the African country.
While pharma giant Pfizer says vaccine testing against the new strain is promising, Israeli Military Intelligence reports S.A. mutatio is resistant to antibodies.
It became the third of four countries to normalize ties with the Jewish state, following the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and preceding Morocco, which has yet to sign the accords.
Direct flights between the two countries and the establishment of embassies will be on the agenda, says the Israeli premier.
Israel’s National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, who is of Moroccan heritage, said relations with Morocco “are especially significant, beyond the diplomatic and economic aspects.”
Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat is leading the Israeli delegation; both teams are expected to meet with King Mohammed VI and other senior officials.
The Sudan Claims Resolution Act follows the removal of the Northeast African country from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism after it recently agreed to normalize ties with Israel.
A joint U.S.-Israel delegation led by senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat will be aboard.
“We are all the sons of Abraham; we must sit to make peace, to exist together and make a better future together for the next generation,” said Morocco’s Ambassador to the United Nations Omar Hilale.
Senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump Jared Kushner will reportedly also meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The planned sit-in against the North African country’s normalization agreement with Israel was unauthorized due to COVID-19 restrictions.
