ALBAWABA - Morocco announced the postponement of the highly anticipated Arab Allies of Israel summit as tension rests at all times high in the West Bank after numerous attacks carried out by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians recently.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said that the summit will be postponed till times are more suitable. "There were efforts to arrange it during the summer. Unfortunately, there is a political context which could prevent this meeting from producing the results we had been hoping for," Bourita said.
If held, this would be the second annual meeting for Israel's Arab allies, who joined the bandwagon in signing normalization deals with Israel as part of what is known as the Abraham Accords.
A spokesman for Israel's foreign ministry told AFP they had "no response" to Rabat's decision to postpone the summit.
The most recent Israeli operation in the West Bank was in Jenin, where Israeli forces said that the goal behind raiding was to arrest two Palestinians suspected of attacks. It announced the decision to build 1,000 new houses in the Eli settlement in the West Bank in response to a Palestinian shooting incident.
Morocco signed a normalization deal with Israel in December 2020 as part of a deal that also saw the United States recognize its authority over the disputed Western Sahara.
