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Moroccan palace asks Islamist party to stop criticizing ties with Israel

Moroccan palace asks Islamist party to stop criticizing ties with Israel

MOROCCO'S royal palace asked the largest Islamist party, the PJD, to stop taking aim at the country's ties with Israel after the party rebuked the foreign minister for defending Israel at the expense of Palestinians. Renewed violence between Israelis and Palestinians poses a challenge to Arab countries that have normalised ties with Israel. Morocco resumed diplomatic ties with Israel in late 2020 after a deal brokered by the Trump administration that also included Washington's recognition of Rabat's sovereignty over Western Sahara, a disputed territory where the Algeria-backed Polisario Front seeks to establish its own state. "The general secretariat condemns the…
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Arab countries pledge aid as Tunisia struggles with COVID pandemic

Arab countries pledge aid as Tunisia struggles with COVID pandemic

TAREK AMARA SEVERAL countries have promised to help Tunisia fight the coronavirus as the north African country recorded its highest daily death toll since the pandemic began, putting its health care system under severe stress and depleting oxygen supplies. President Kais Saied said in a statement that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had pledged to send vaccinations and whatever medical equipment Tunisia needed. Libya also pledged to send medical aid, the president's office said in a separate statement. Officials and local media said that Kuwait, Turkey and Algeria had promised to help. Qatar had already sent a military plane…
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