Another Award

On Friday, Reuters reported that Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has given President Trump Morocco’s highest award for his work in advancing a normalization deal between Israel and Morocco.

The article reports:

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Middle East envoy Avi Berkowitz received other awards for their work on the Israel-Morocco deal, which was reached in December.

The United States in the last five months helped broker deals between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. The agreements are aimed at normalizing relations and opening economic ties.

Trump, who leaves office on Wednesday, has drawn some criticism over the Morocco agreement because to seal the deal, he agreed that the United States would recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara.

The interesting part of the treaties made in the Middle East brokered by the Trump administration is that the negotiators worked with the people who actually wanted peace and ignored the people who didn’t. If you still believe that the Palestinians want peace, do some research on what they are teaching their young children in their schools. The issue of Palestine has always had more value to those Arab nations who want to get rid of Israel than the solution would have. President Trump has been both a strong ally of Israel and a strong supporter of Middle East peace. I am hopeful, but not optimistic, that the Biden administration will learn from the Trump successes and continue on that path.