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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the top diplomats of Israel and four Arab states hold a landmark meeting to discuss issues from the Iran nuclear negotiations to the global shockwaves of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Morocco is now the fourth Arab state this year to announce it would establish relations with Israel. According to CNN, it was another diplomatic win for the Trump administration. However, it may create some trouble for the incoming Biden administration. That's because the Trump administration agreed that the US would recognize the long-disputed Western Sahara region. The largely Sahrawi population has fought for self-determination for four decades under the banner of the Polisario Front. The UN and European Union describe Western Sahara as a 'non-self-governing territory.' Political and security risk consultant Geoff Porter says the US' abrupt reversal of its policy dramatically increases the likelihood of renewed regional conflict.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds meeting with top foreign policy officials from the Palestinian Authority and four Muslim-majority countries, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas claims thousands of civilian lives. IMAGES
Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana offers the "World's smallest Koran" to his Moroccan counterpart Rachid Talbi Alami during his visit to Rabat, the first such visit by a head of Israeli parliament to the North African kingdom. IMAGES
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Morocco's minister in charge of defence administration Abdellatif Loudiyi sign a memorandum of understand that will make it easier for Rabat to acquire high-tech Israeli security products, as the two countries expand ties following their normalisation deal last year. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls on more Arab nations to recognize Israel as he meets four ministers on the anniversary of a normalization accord. "We will encourage more countries to follow the lead of the Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco. We want to widen the circle of peaceful diplomacy," Blinken says in a virtual meeting with ministers of the three countries as well as Israel. SOUNDBITE
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