The Blessings of the Moroccan-Israel Agreement
With Morocco now the fourth Arab country to reach new terms with Israel in as many months, it should be clear that Jared Kushner’s strategic vision of a regional approach—so widely derided as “naive”—has borne fruit.
As a Moroccan citizen who has worked for years to bring Jews and Muslims, Moroccans and Israelis closer together, I was overcome with pride and gratitude after yesterday’s announcement of new diplomatic relations between our kingdom and the state of Israel. I was also struck by two ways in which some critics have detracted from the agreement or its authors—and in doing so missed key facets of what the deal means and says about the region.