Israeli envoys fly to Morocco to see king, firm up U.S.-brokered ties


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  • Tuesday, 22 Dec 2020

FILE PHOTO: An Israeli delegation led by Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat takes off his mask after signing an agreement with Bahraini officials in Manama, Bahrain, October 18, 2020. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel sent envoys to Morocco on Tuesday to meet its king and hammer out an upgrade of ties that was forged by the White House in a parting foreign-policy push by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Led by National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, the delegates were accompanied to Rabat by Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and architect of pan-Arab rapprochements with Israel.

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