By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--December 29, 2020
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"to tell him that His Majesty’s position in support of the Palestinian cause remains unshakeable, and that Morocco places it at the same level of Sahara issue"The Sahara issue Othmani referred to was the historic Proclamation signed by Trump on December 4, 2020:
"I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim that, the United States recognizes that the entire Western Sahara territory is part of the Kingdom of Morocco."In justifying his Proclamation--Trump stated:
"The United States affirms, as stated by previous Administrations, its support for Morocco’s autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory. Therefore, as of today, the United States recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory and reaffirms its support for Morocco’s serious, credible, and realistic autonomy proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara territory. The United States believes that an independent Sahrawi State is not a realistic option for resolving the conflict and that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution"
"We also adopt this principle [in the government], with our constant emphasis on rejecting the Deal of the Century, and all violations of the Israeli occupation authorities, especially the recent attempts to Judaize Jerusalem,"Supporting Trump’s two-state-solution as espoused in Trump’s Peace Plan is not inconsistent with supporting the "Palestinian cause". Othmani is no supporter of the Morocco-Israel peace deal as he made clear in August:
"We refuse any normalisation with the Zionist entity because this emboldens it to go further in breaching the rights of the Palestinian people."Othmani was clearly over-ruled by the King--as the pace of peace between Israel and Morocco quickens. A three-person delegation landed in Israel this past Sunday to handle logistics ahead of reopening the Moroccan liaison office in Tel Aviv - which it has maintained for the past 20 years since Morocco cut official ties.
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"This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship,"It certainly will be if the King:
Author’s note: The cartoon--commissioned exclusively for this article—is by Yaakov Kirschen aka "Dry Bones"- one of Israel’s foremost political and social commentators – whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades. His cartoons can be viewed at Drybonesblog
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com