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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner on Monday will reportedly head a US delegation to Israel and then Morocco in order to devise ways to implement normalization between the latter two countries. The news comes exactly a week after President Donald Trump announced that Rabat had agreed to forge official diplomatic relations with Jerusalem.
Morocco is the fourth Arab nation in as many months to do so under the banner of the Abraham Accords, following in footsteps of the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.
In a parallel process, Bhutan on Saturday also agreed to formalize ties with the Jewish state.
Happy 7th night of #Hanukkah!
Thanks to @Pfizer & CEO Dr. @AlbertBourla, the end of the #COVID19 pandemic is in sight as#vaccines roll out globally.
We owe Dr. Bourla & Pfizer a debt of gratitude, and are honored to have him light tonight s candles. pic.twitter.com/Ncb0HO61wA
“This Hanukkah, as this extremely difficult year comes to a close, and we look to a new beginning, we are celebrating both the incredible human spirit and determination it took to create the COVID-19 vaccine and how these efforts made the impossible developing a vaccine so quickly possible,” he added.
The embassy has invited a series of prominent figures to lead the mission’s candle-lighting on each night of the holiday, including Washington Wizards 2020 first-round draft pick Deni Avdija; the Emirati and Bahraini ambassadors to the US Yousef al-Otaiba and Abdulla R. Al-Khalifa; US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman; Democratic Congresswoman Nita Lowey; Gila Sacks, the daughter of the late chief