US President Donald Trump continues to lead transactionally in his final weeks in office. Perhaps nothing illustrated this point more than Trump’s announcement that Morocco would become the fourth Arab state in 2020 to formalise diplomatic relations with Israel as part of a deal in which the US would recognise Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. How Rabat’s normalisation of ties with the Jewish state plays out in Morocco and how the US administration’s stance on Western Sahara changes realities on the ground in this occupied territory remain to be seen. Nonetheless, there is good reason …
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