Intensive negotiations are taking place between Morocco and Israel at the highest levels, in order to achieve a quantum leap in relations between the two countries, according to Hespress sources, meaning that Tel Aviv’s recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its desert is “just around the corner.”
According to the information obtained by Hespress, arrangements are being made for the Israeli recognition of Moroccan Sahara to be announced within the next few days.
The same sources suggested that Israel would announce its official position regarding the Sahara issue through the voice of the Israeli Knesset Speaker, Amir Ohana, who is set to make his first official visit to Morocco in early June.
The Israeli Knesset Speaker is coming to Morocco under invitation from the parliament to participate in the upcoming Conference on “Dialogue between Religions: Cooperation for a Common Future”, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Moroccan Parliament, and taking place from 13 to 15 June in Marrakech, in partnership with the Religions for Peace Organization, with the support of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the Muhammadiyah Association of Scholars.
The Hespress sources stated that there was a possibility of Ohana visiting the Moroccan Parliament in Rabat, and holding talks with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rashid Talbi Alami, who extended the formal invitation for him to participate in the parliamentary conference that was to be hosted by Russia, before Morocco was nominated to host it following war on Ukraine.
Two and a half years after the signing of the Abraham Accord between Morocco and Israel under the auspices of the United States of America, a period that the sources considered sufficient to move to a new level of cooperation. Rabat and Tel Aviv are now continuing to strengthen their bilateral cooperation, according to the same information.
The expected Israeli “recognition” of Morocco’s sovereignty over its desert would remove all barriers and obstacles that indeed further development of relations between the two countries, as Morocco will also endeavor to elevate its diplomatic representation in Tel Aviv to the level of an embassy for the Kingdom.
The Moroccan and Israeli parliaments agreed to exchange visits between their members and enhance joint cooperation between the two legislative institutions. This was especially highlighted during the visit of an Israeli parliamentary delegation to the headquarters of the Moroccan parliament in August 2021.
It is worth mentioning that the 47 years old Amir Ohana is of Moroccan descent, and held the position of Minister of Justice in 2019 before becoming the Minister of Internal Security in Israel between 2020 and 2021. These characteristics are indicative that he is most suitable a candidate for Israel to declare a position of this magnitude in Morocco, as was the case during the signing of the normalization agreement, where Meir Ben-Shabbat, the national security adviser to the State of Israel of Moroccan descent, led the Israeli delegation.
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This Article was translated from Hespress AR
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