MIDDLE EAST MONITOR
The Speaker of Israel’s Knesset (parliament), Amir Ohana, said Thursday he is confident Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon recognise Morocco’s sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara region, Anadolu Agency reports.
“The Sahara is Moroccan. I am happy. Today is a great day, and King Mohammed VI is a great man,” Ohana said at a press conference in Rabat, following his meeting with Speaker of Morocco’s House of Representatives (parliament), Rachid Talbi Alami.
Ohana arrived in Morocco on Wednesday for a two-day visit, upon an invitation from Alami.
The Western Sahara has been the subject of a dispute between Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front for more than four decades.
Israel and Morocco resumed their
