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On December 10, 2020, President Trump formally announced that the Government of Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco will normalize their bilateral relationship, marking the fourth Arab country that recognizes Israel as a result of the Abraham Accords. Over the coming months, the new agreement will allow the two countries to resume full diplomatic relations, increase cooperation on security and economic matters, and open up regular flights between Morocco and Israel.
Concerns remain over how the normalization of ties between Arab nations and Israel will affect Palestinian self-determination rights and the final political status of the Palestinian territory, which remains under Israeli occupation. This is important because the Morocco-Israel agreement also includes U.S. recognition of Morocco’s claim to the Western Sahara, despite broad international recognition of the indigenous Sahrawi’s right to self-determination.