Former United States Ambassador to Morocco David Fischer hailed the State of Israel’s decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, highlighting growing international support for the Kingdom’s legitimate rights over its southern provinces. South.
” Today is the day… When I signed the map of Morocco with its Sahara, I knew that a day would come when HM King Mohammed VI would receive a letter from Prime Minister Netanyahu, recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara. Today, that day has come”tweeted David Fisher on his Twitter account.
Today is the day … When I signed the map, I knew the day would come to celebrate HM King Mohammed VI receiving a letter from Prime Minister Netanyahu, recognizing the sovereignty of Morocco over the territory of Western Saraha. Today is that day! #Morocco #Israel @Peace_Accords pic.twitter.com/NMunrpl1E7
— David T. Fischer (@DavidTFischer) July 17, 2023
As a reminder, David T. Fischer, had presented and signed the new official map of the Kingdom of Morocco adopted by the American administration and which included the entire territory of the Sahara.
But the recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara by Israel has been widely commented on by world diplomats. Another former ambassador in Rabat, the Japanese, Takashi Shinozuka also spoke about the Israeli recognition of the Moroccanness of its Sahara which illustrates “the great foresight of King Mohammed VI”.
For its part, the American Jewish Committee (AJC), considered that “the decision of the State of Israel to recognize the sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara constitutes the culmination of the vision of King Mohammed VI”, this decision being “the direct result of the King’s vision to advance relations between Morocco and Israel”.
For his part, the Speaker of the Knesset, Amir Ohana, posted on his Twitter account, just to mark the event of Israel’s recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara, a photo of him last June during his visit to Morocco and the southern provinces on the front page of an Arabic-speaking Moroccan daily, with the map of Morocco including the Sahara in the background.
As a reminder, Ohana had called, in a speech delivered at the headquarters of the House of Representatives during his visit to Morocco in June, the Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, to recognize the Moroccanness of the Sahara.
The decision of the State of Israel to recognize the sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara is also a recognition of the role of King Mohammed VI in the consolidation of the peace process in the Middle East, further affirmed Yehuda Lancry, former Ambassador Representative Permanent of Israel at the United Nations.