There are still quite a lot of Jews in Morocco, and the large Moroccan-descended population in Israel is not made up of refugees, any more than people who move there from Brooklyn or Golders Green are somehow displaced. So the normalisation of relations does not in itself come as any surprise. But there are two things to bear in mind here.
First, as with Bahrain, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates, the elephant in the room is Saudi Arabia, without which none of this would be happening. One of the two most repressive states in the world, Saudi Arabia is the only one on earth to inspire, fund and direct terrorist activity on the streets of Britain.
And secondly, the price of this has been American recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. Yet America gains nothing from that. Other than Morocco, the only beneficiary is Israel. Whatever happened to America First?
For what it is worth, hear the silence of the British Labour Party, whose Conference last year gave a rapturous reception to a speaker from Western Sahara, and resolved unanimously in favour of its self-determination. But the Blairites are back in charge now, not only unaware of where even somewhere called Western Sahara might be, but positively proud of that sorry fact.
In any case, as with the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, Israel has now spoken, so it would be "anti-Semitic" to dissent. I am the Independent parliamentary candidate for North West Durham. What are you doing?
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