Israel acknowledges “Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory of Western Sahara”


The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has despatched a letter to King Mohamed VI, with which he formally acknowledges Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara. Rabat has introduced Israel’s new place, as occurred in 2022, when the House Real Alaouí reported the letter from Pedro Sánchez, through which he supported the Moroccan autonomy plan. In December 2020, Donald Trump had already adopted the identical place, recognizing the sovereignty of Rabat over the Spanish colony, one thing that facilitated relations with Israel

Israel has formally acknowledged Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara in a letter despatched by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to King Mohamed VI, the Alaouite Royal House introduced on Monday.

In his letter, Netanyahu knowledgeable Mohamed VI of Israel’s determination to “acknowledge Morocco’s sovereignty over the territory of Western Sahara,” in accordance with the official assertion, collected by the MAP company.

As was the case with Spain’s flip in direction of the Sahara, it was Rabat who introduced Israel’s new official place. In March 2022, it was additionally the Alaouite Royal House that reported the letter from the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, through which the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara was supported as “probably the most stable, life like and credible foundation” for an answer to the battle.

Israel’s place is consistent with that adopted by Donald Trump in 2020

In the case of Israel, its place is consistent with that adopted in December 2020 by then US President Donald Trump, who additionally acknowledged Rabat’s sovereignty over the previous Spanish colony. That was exactly the bargaining chip for Morocco to normalize relations with Israel.

Now, Netanyahu has knowledgeable Mohamed VI that the brand new Israeli place might be “mirrored in all of the acts and paperwork” of the Government and that the choice might be transmitted to the “United Nations, the regional and worldwide organizations of which Israel is a member, in addition to like all of the international locations with which it maintains diplomatic relations”.

Likewise, the Israeli prime minister has knowledgeable the Moroccan monarch that he’s evaluating positively “the opening of a consulate within the metropolis of Dakhla”.

It must be remembered that the Trump Administration additionally introduced the opening of a consulate on this city in Western Sahara, though with the arrival of Joe Biden to the White House that measure has not materialized, though there was no turning again when it comes to recognition of the Moroccanness of the Sahara.

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