A Tel Aviv-Rabat menetrendszerü járat vezető izraeli tisztviselőkkel a fedélzeten landolt Marokkóban.

A Kushner és Ben-Sabbat vezette delegáció megérkezett Marokkóba és már vissza is tért Izraelbe

The national flags of Morocco, Israel and the united States are seen on an El Al plane to Morocco flying a delegation to finalize a normalization deal between Jerusalem and Rabat, at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, December 22, 2020. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, is due to arrive Tuesday in Morocco from Israel on the first direct commercial flight between the two countries since they normalized ties.

The flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat is seen as highly symbolic after Morocco announced on December 10 a “resumption of relations” with Israel.

 

It also aims to showcase the achievements of the Trump administration in Middle East diplomacy, weeks before Trump is replaced at the White House by President-elect Joe Biden.

Az első Tel Aviv-Rabat kereskedelmi járat vezető izraeli tisztviselőkkel a fedélzeten landolt Marokkóban. A Meir Ben-Sabbat nemzetbiztonsági tanácsadó vezette delegációhoz csatlakozott Donald Trump amerikai elnök vezető tanácsadója és veje, Jared Kushner.

A küldöttség a történelmi látogatás keretében találkozott  a királlyal és elindította  a kapcsolatok normalizálását a Fehér Ház által közvetített megállapodás értelmében.

Marokkó a negyedik arab ország (Egyesült Arab Emírségek, Bahrein és Szudán), amely a Trump-kormány Ábrahám-egyezmény kezdeményezésének részeként az elmúlt négy hónapban normalizálta vagy elindította a normalizációs folyamatot Izraellel.

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Israeli flight lands in Morocco to mark normalisation deal

First Israel-Morocco direct commercial flight lands in Rabat as part of the latest US-brokered normalisation deal.

The US-Israeli delegation took El Al Israel Airlines in the first direct flight by a commercial plane from Tel Aviv to Rabat [US embassy handout]22 Dec 2020

The first Israel-Morocco direct commercial flight has landed in Rabat to mark the latest United States-brokered normalisation deal between the two Middle Eastern nations.

Israeli envoys arrived in Morocco on Tuesday to meet its king and hammer out the upgrade in ties in a parting foreign policy push by US President Donald Trump.

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Led by National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, the Israeli delegation was accompanied by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and architect of the pan-Arab rapprochement with Israel.

They took El Al Israel Airlines in the first direct flight by a commercial plane from Tel Aviv to Rabat.

Speaking at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport before his departure, Kushner stressed that the United Arab Emirates-Israel deal had already created commercial opportunities for both countries.

“My hope is that this flight today to Morocco will create the same amount of momentum,” between Morocco and Israel, he said, before getting on the plane painted with the Hebrew, Arabic and English words for “peace”.

Morocco became the third Arab state this year, after the UAE and Bahrain, to normalise ties with Israel under US-brokered deals, while Sudan has pledged to follow suit.

Palestinians have condemned the deals, calling them a betrayal of a longstanding demand that Israel first meet their statehood demand.

Morocco closed its liaison office in Israel in 2000, at the start of the second Intifada.

Sweetened with promises

As the Trump administration has sought to isolate Iran, the normalisation deals have been sweetened with promises of business opportunities or economic aid.

Both Israel and Morocco anticipate a surge in tourism aboard such connections, mainly among the hundreds of thousands of Israelis of Moroccan descent.

Israel’s new partners have also enjoyed bilateral benefits from Washington – in Rabat’s case, the US recognition of its sovereignty over Western Sahara.

“This type of agreement [with Israel] will help have a better interaction between communities and people,” Moroccan Tourism Minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui told I24 television.

During the visit, Ben-Shabbat and Kushner will see Morocco’s King Mohammed VI, Israeli officials said.

 

Moroccan and Israeli officials are also scheduled to sign accords on linking up aviation and financial systems, on visas and water management.

The delegates’ plane, painted with the Hebrew, Arabic and English words for “peace” and a Maghreb good-luck talisman, had a low-key reception at Rabat airport.

Moroccan officials describe their deal with Israel as a restoration of mid-level ties that Rabat cooled in 2000 in solidarity with Palestinians.

Israel and Morocco now plan to reopen mutual “liaison offices”. Israel hopes these will be upgraded to embassies.

Asked if the countries might establish full diplomatic relations before Trump steps down next month, Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen told Ynet TV: “My understanding is that the likelihood is not high.”

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 Marokkó hivatalos kapcsolatot létesít Izraellel, engedélyezi a légterének használatát az izraeli járatok számára, és közvetlen járatokat indít a két ország között.

 

A küldöttség első megállója V. Mohammed mauzóleuma volt Rabatban. Ezután Ben-Sabbat, Kushner és társaik a két- és háromoldalú megállapodások aláírása előtt a palotába mentek.

 

 

Az  oslói egyezmény után Izrael és Marokkó diplomáciai kapcsolatokat létesített és diplomáciai missziókat nyitott Tel-Avivban és Rabatban. 1994-ben Jichák Rabin izraeli miniszterelnök és Simon Peresz külügyminiszter II. Haszan király néhai vendégeként Marokkóba látogatott. De a második Intifáda után Marokkó megszakította kapcsolatait Izraellel, és mindkét ország bezárta diplomáciai irodáját.

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