Israel
By Yoni Weiss
YERUSHALAYIM -
Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 6:43 am | ט ו שבט תשפ א
Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, who led the Israeli delegation, speaks next to Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita during a visit to Rabat, Morocco, Dec. 22, 2020. (Reuters/Shereen Talaat)
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is reportedly attempting to arrange a visit of Morocco’s King Mohammed VI to Israel once the coronavirus lockdown has been lifted,
Yediot Acharonot reported.
Officials from the Prime Minister’s Office and the National Security Council have been working with officials from the Dar al-Makhzen Palace in an attempt to iron out the details such a trip would entail.
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco visiting the synagogue at the Bayt Dakira Jewish heritage center. Photo: Official handout.
Yediot Ahronot reported.
Officials from the Prime Minister’s Office and the National Security Council have been working with officials from the Dar al-Makhzen Palace in an attempt to iron out the details such a trip would entail.
The king, however, is reportedly conditioning his visit to Israel with visiting Ramallah and meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, as well, according to the
Jerusalem Post.
Netanyahu hopes that the visit can be arranged ahead of the upcoming general election in March Israel’s fourth in two years in the hopes of appealing to the hundreds of thousands of Israeli Jews who trace their roots to Morocco; a plurality of whom are already likely to vote for the Likud.