LIVE UPDATE FROM THE LIVEBLOG OF MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 2021
By JTA
From The Times Of Israel
Media www.rajawalisiber.com – A Moroccan institution has, with official government backing, signed an agreement with the US State Department to combat anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, the second such agreement in the Arab Middle East.
The agreement signed Friday by El Mehdi Boudra, the president of Association Mimouna, and Elan Carr, the State Department’s envoy to combat anti-Semitism, signals the far-reaching ambition of the Trump Administration’s Abraham Accords, to normalize among Arabs the acceptance of not just Israel, but of Zionism.
The memorandum of understanding says the sides “intend to work together to share and promote best practices for combating all forms of anti-Semitism, including anti-Zionism and the delegitimization of the State of Israel” and “for combating other kinds of intolerance and hatred, including Islamophobia.”
So proud to sign this MoU with the @USEAntiSemitism
Thank you Elan S.Carr and @elliecohanim Cohanim for your support to #Morocco.@USEmbMorocco @TheIHRA pic.twitter.com/MJcaiTCrQQ— Elmehdi Boudra (@ElBoudra) January 17, 2021
The agreement is similar to one signed in October between Carr and a Bahrain institution. In both cases, the signing organizations are not government bodies but have the blessing of the royal family. The Association Mimouna was founded in 2007 by Muslims who sought to preserve the country’s Jewish heritage.