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Experts: What the Morocco-Israel Deal Means for the Middle East
(Atlantic Council) "Peace between Morocco and Israel is a welcome addition to the Abraham Accords," said Carmiel Arbit, a nonresident senior fellow in the Atlantic Council's Middle East programs. "There is already more than $30 million in annual trade between the two countries, tens of thousands of Israelis travel to Morocco annually, and Israelis from Morocco can already retain Moroccan citizenship." President Trump has employed "the leverage of American largesse - e.g., sophisticated weaponry to Abu Dhabi, removal from the State Department's list of terrorist sponsors for Khartoum, and now, recognition of Rabat's claim to Western Sahara - to incentivize Arab leaders into accepting Israel as their diplomatic partner," said Shalom Lipner, a nonresident fellow in the Atlantic Council's Middle East programs.