Morocco builds ties with Israel in return for recognition of its authority over Western Sahara
11 Dec 2020; MEMO: Israel and Morocco have today agreed to normalise relations in a deal brokered with the help of US President Donald Trump.
As part of the agreement, Trump agreed to recognise Morocco's sovereignty over the Western Sahara, where there has been a decades-old territorial dispute with Morocco pitted against the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, a breakaway movement that seeks to establish an independent state in the territory, Reuters reported.