Professor Stephen Zunes on Trump's surprise Western Sahara announcement

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Thu, 12/10/2020 - 5:45pm to 6:00pm

 

Today, Donald Trump overturned decades of US and world policy by tweeting that he quote "signed a proclamation recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara". He also added that Israel and Morocco have "agreed to full diplomatic relations" - making it clear that this was a tit-for-tat arrangement, and that the recognition of Morocco's takeover of Western Sahara was the US government's payoff for Morocco's agreement to recognize Israel.

KBOO's Jenka Soderberg spoke with Professor Stephen Zunes for his response to today's announcement:

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