Tensions between Morocco and Algeria are far from subsiding. Salah Goudjil, President of the Algerian Senate, said that the actions of the kingdom "are known, and this, from the day after independence, in particular through its expansionist tendencies" and that normalization with Israel is "a scarecrow".
The Rabat-Tel Aviv diplomatic axis, reactivated last December, is promising and shows a strong determination to consolidate bilateral ties between the two countries on all levels, as confirmed by the Moroccan Foreign Minister in a recent interview with an American media.
The Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation, Ofir Akunis, received in audience on Tuesday, February 20, the head of the Moroccan Liaison Office, Abderrahim Bayoud. On the agenda of the exchanges: the implications of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the Hebrew State and the Kingdom.
The resumption of relations between Morocco and Israel is making Israeli citizens of Moroccan origin happy, who no longer miss any opportunity to display their identity. This is the case of the Israeli Minister of Transport Miri Regev, who, on her Facebook account, shared a photo of herself wearing a Moroccan caftan on the occasion of the Mimouna festival, celebrated on April 3 last.
The normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel in exchange for the American recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara makes Amazigh activists happy. They support this historic rapprochement but do not receive the support of the Israeli authorities in return.
Morocco and Israel are working to strengthen their economic cooperation after the normalization of relations between the two countries. In this sense, the kingdom has signed a new strategic trade agreement worth several million dollars with the Hebrew state.
While the Moroccan Front for the Support of Palestine and against Normalization with Israel planned to organize a demonstration in support of the Palestinian cause this Tuesday in Rabat, it was met with the categorical refusal of the local authorities of the city.
U.S. President Joe Biden intends to maintain his predecessor’s policy on exports of armed drones to more foreign countries, confirming the sale of four drones to Morocco . The kingdom had negotiated this acquisition as part of the normalization of its relations with Israel.
David Govrin, head of the Israeli liaison office in Morocco, says that the advancement of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel "will be gradual," because "cooperation between the two countries needs time."
Cooperation between Morocco and Israel is taking on a new dimension with the signing, on Monday, March 22, of a strategic partnership agreement to promote economic and commercial relations and technological development between the two countries. The event took place by videoconference, between the President of the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), Chakib Alj, the President of The Israeli Employers and Business Organizations (IEBO) and the Manufacturers Association of Israel (MAI), Ron Tomer, as well as the President of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce (FICC), Uriel Lynn.
Morocco and Israel have maintained close relations for many years, and this in almost all areas. On the security level, cooperation between the two countries is most often secret, through the exchange of intelligence information and a fairly sophisticated arms trade.
The Canadian-Moroccan comedian Gad El Maleh is delighted with the normalization of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. According to him, the resumption of relations between the two countries is a "very good thing".