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Dec. 22, 2020 6:25 pm ET
RABAT Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner flew Tuesday aboard the first direct commercial Israeli flight from Israel to Morocco, which may be the capstone of his four-year campaign to help Israel shift power dynamics across the Middle East.
In Rabat, Mr. Kushner and a delegation that included his White House team and Israeli officials met with Moroccan leaders to sign diplomatic and economic agreements between the U.S., Israel and Morocco.
“It is now time to put the region and all of its people on a truly transformative patch toward stability, security and prosperity,” Mr. Kushner said after meeting with King Mohammed VI of Morocco.
of the u.s. government, says that there should be a new house un-american activities committee like back in the 50s to root out secret muslims on the u.s. government. the group also says incidentally that it wasn t timothy mcveigh who bombed the federal building in oklahoma city back in the 90s, it was saddam hussein. sure, it was. and you know, that s great. free country. sure. but that s who s now the chief of staff at the national security council at the white house? at a time when we ve got the president of the united states literally inviting the head of north korean military intelligence to come hang out in the oval office for a few hours. just stop by, it ll be fine, what could go wrong? whatever you think about the president s personal judgment on matters like this, surely the president has great staff who can think through all the intricacies and threats here, right? great staff, top-level folks. joining us now is dion nissenbaum, national reporter for the wall street journ