November 1st

ISRAEL: Officials find Morocco a tough room these days ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Los Angeles Times by Batsheva Sobelman - October 31, 2010 - 12:00am Officially, diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel are "suspended," according to Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is the way things have been since 2000, when Morocco (along with Tunisia and Oman) closed "interest offices" opened only six years earlier, in better days. Still, relations continue, quiet and generally fair. Besides the several thousand tourists every year and warm sentiments Israel's Moroccan Jews maintain still today, Israeli academics, journalists and sometimes politicians travel frequently enough to Morocco. » Read more