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Intel: How Israel — and Netanyahu — stand to gain from Pompeo's Morocco visit

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Morocco for a one-day trip aimed boosting ties with a country that the State Department deems a "critical partner" across a range of issues ahead of the visit.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RC26FD9RQLKO
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Nov. 20, 2019. — REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Morocco today for a one-day trip aimed boosting ties with a country that the State Department deemed a “critical partner” across a range of issues ahead of the visit.

Pompeo is expected to discuss a broad array of topics with King Mohammed VI and top government officials including energy cooperation, Iran's influence in the region and Rabat's disputed control over the Western Sahara. Looming over the visit, however, is what embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu perceives as a historic opportunity to normalize relations between Morocco and Israel.

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