Sen. Jim Inhofe (L) with President Trump. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images
A fallout between President Trump and Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, led to the breakthrough that resulted in the Morocco-Israel normalization deal, sources briefed on the matter told me.
Why it matters: Inhofe is Washington s most avid supporter of the Polisario Front a Sahrawi rebel national liberation movement aiming to end Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara. He has travelled many times to Algeria for meetings with Polisario leaders.
Inhofe is one of Trump s closest allies in the Senate and has asked the president over the last two years not to recognize Moroccan sovereignty in the Western Sahara.
Maroc–Israël: il était une fois le bureau de liaison de Rabat
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Maroc–Israël: il était une fois le bureau de liaison de Rabat
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