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=== Morocco ===
{{Main|Israel–Morocco relations}}
Moroccan expeditionary forces fought alongside a coalition of Arab countries in the [[Yom Kippur War]] against Israel.<ref>Mahjoub Tobji (2006). Les officiers de Sa Majesté : Les dérives des généraux marocains 1956–2006. 107: Fayard. {{ISBN|978-2213630151}}.</ref> In 1986, [[Hassan II|King Hassan II]] invited then Israeli Prime Minister [[Shimon Peres]] for talks, becoming the second Arab leader to host an Israeli leader after Anwar Sadat. Following the September 1993 signing of the [[Oslo Accords|Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles]], Morocco accelerated its economic ties and political contacts with Israel. In September 1994, Morocco and Israel announced the opening of bilateral liaison offices.<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 2, 1994|title=Peres Hails Morocco Link|work=The Guardian}}</ref> When the king died in 1999, then-prime minister [[Ehud Barak]] and the Moroccan-born foreign minister [[David Levy (Israeli politician)|David Levy]] flew to Rabat for his funeral.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alarabiya.net/save_pdf.php?cont_id=45204 |title=Moroccan Berber-Jewish alliance sparks alarm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060639/http://www.alarabiya.net/save_pdf.php?cont_id=45204 |archive-date=4 March 2016  }}</ref> The foreign offices were closed in 2000 following sustained [[Second Intifada|Israeli-Palestinian violence]]. In September 2016, Moroccan King Mohammed VI sent his personal adviser Andre Azulai, who is Jewish, to attend the state funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister and President [[Shimon Peres]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2016/09/197581/azoulay-represent-morocco-shimon-perez-funeral/|title=Azoulay to Represent Morocco in Shimon Perez Funeral|date=29 September 2016}}</ref>

Prior to the establishment of formal relations, Israeli tourism to Morocco was encouraged by the World Federation of Moroccan Jewry, a non-governmental private Jewish organization.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3763433,00.html |title=Moroccans fume over Israeli travel alert |work=Ynetnews |date=20 June 1995|last1=Sadeh |first1=Danny }}</ref>

On 10 December 2020, [[Israel–Morocco normalization agreement|Morocco agreed to establish diplomatic relations with Israel]] in exchange for the United States supporting Morocco's claim on [[Western Sahara]]. On the same day, the United States agreed to the sale of sophisticated drones to Morocco.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-morocco-drones-exclusive-idUSKBN28K2R4|title=Exclusive: U.S. nears sale of four sophisticated drones to Morocco – sources|newspaper=Reuters |date=10 December 2020|via=www.reuters.com}}</ref>