Normalization: two Israeli ministers visit Morocco

Two Israeli ministers are expected Sunday and Monday in Morocco, in the wake of the first official visit of an Israeli army chief, a new boost to normalization between the two states, according to the liaison office of Israel in Rabat.

Regional Cooperation Minister Issawi Frej, an Arab-Israeli Muslim, will pay an official visit from July 24 to 28, the liaison office said in a statement.

“Cohabitation model”

A former MP for the left-wing Meretz party, he will be accompanied by a delegation of Jewish and Arab Israeli women journalists as part of a regional forum he created with the aim of

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This initiative comes as the death of American-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, killed in May while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, has sparked emotion and indignation in the Moroccan media and social networks.

Issawi Frej, quoted in the press release, hailed Morocco as

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He explained that he was going there to

Separately, Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Gideon Saar will begin a four-day working visit on Monday focused on legal cooperation, the first of its kind since the resumption of diplomatic ties between Israel and Morocco at the end of 2020. of partnership will be signed in this area.

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These two visits are in addition to an increasingly regular flow of Israeli delegations to the Cherifian kingdom.

This week, the two countries consolidated their strategic and military alliance on the occasion of the displacement of the chief of staff of the Israeli army Aviv Kochavi, amid regional security tensions.

The two countries had restored diplomatic relations in December 2020 as part of the Abraham Accords, a process between the Jewish state and several Arab countries, supported by Washington.

According to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, quoted by the Israeli media, Morocco should inaugurate its embassy in Tel Aviv during the summer.