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Jared Kushner to lead delegation to Morocco, Israel

Tuesday, 15 December 2020 7:27 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 15 December 2020 7:27 PM ]

This image taken on August 31, 2020 shows US presidential adviser Jared Kushner speaking in front of an El Al airliner at the Abu Dhabi airport, following the arrival of the the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE. (Photo by AFP)

US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior advisor, Jared Kushner, is scheduled to lead a US delegation to Israel and Morocco next week.

A senior US administration official told Reuters on Tuesday that Kushner and his team were set to take part in discussions concerning the recent Israel-Morocco normalization deal reached last week,

Kushner and his delegation, who will fly to Tel Aviv, plan to join up with an Israeli delegation led by the Israeli national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, and together take the first direct commercial flight between the Israel and Morocco, the official said.

During his stop in Tel Aviv, Kushner is to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the official added.

The Israeli flagship airline, El Al, is expected to provide the airliner for the first direct flight from Tel Aviv to Rabat.

Morocco became the fourth Arab country after the United Arab Emirate, Bahrain and Sudan to normalize ties with Israel in the past few months.

Despite Trump's departure from office on January 20, Kushner's team is still holding talks with Washington's regional lackeys to push more countries from the Arab and Muslim world to seal deals with Israel.