It appears the current administration is probing the possibility of renewed ties with Morocco, an attempt to add Morocco to the list of “moderate” Arab nations that maintains ties with Israel.
 
During his meeting in the White House later this month, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will call on President Barak Obama to attempt to bridge the gap towards ties between Morocco and Jerusalem.
 
On Monday, May 11th, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the first meeting between the two since Netanyahu was elected. Accompanying him will be Minister of Industry & Trade (Labor) Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, who is known to maintain particularly good relations with the Egyptian leader.

On another regional front, aides to the prime minister are seeking to set up a first meeting between the prime minister and Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman. It was first believed the two would meet at next week’s economic summit being hosted in Jordan, but Netanyahu is not attending so efforts are underway to arrange a meeting for Wednesday, May 13th.
 
The daily Yisrael HaYom reports “intensive efforts” have been ongoing during recent days to actualize a meeting between the two leaders for this week.
 
The prime minister is working to establish a unified front including the allies of the United States, headed by Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The prime minister believes dialogue between the White House and Iran must be brief and well-defined, and if they are unsuccessful, the allied nations must immediately act against Iran, hoping to avoid leaving Israel to address the crucial matter alone.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)