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Morocco and Israel Normalize Ties as U.S. Recognizes Moroccan Claim on Occupied Western Sahara

HeadlineDec 11, 2020

Morocco and Israel have agreed to establish diplomatic relations as part of a U.S.-brokered deal. Morocco becomes the fourth Arab nation to establish ties with Israel since August. As part of the deal, the United States agreed to become the first country in the world to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over occupied Western Sahara — what many consider to be Africa’s last colony. Morocco has occupied much of the resource-rich territory since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. Thousands have been tortured, imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation. After headlines, we’ll get a response to the Morocco-Israel agreement from leading Palestinian and Sahwari figures.

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