Normalization with Israel «was not a topic of discussion» in Morocco, US senior official says

Normalization with Israel was not among the topics discussed, Thursday, in Morocco by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a US senior official said. His comments came respond to presistent reports suggesting that Israel is «close to establishing official ties with Rabat».

Pompeo’s Morocco visit was to foster economic and security cooperation, Department of State says

Will Morocco sign a non-belligerence agreement with Israel ?

While US States Secretary Mike Pompeo is expected to visit Morocco, Thursday, an Israeli news channel said that the Trump administration is reportedly trying to convince the Kingdom to sign a non-belligerence agreement with Israel.

Israeli officials see in Pompeo’s Morocco visit an upcoming «breakthrough in ties with Rabat»

The first Jew elected to the United States Senate was of Moroccan descent

David Levy Yulee is known in the United States as the first Jew to serve as senator. But in Morocco, he is the descendent of a renowned Jewish family that gained respect within the Moroccan Jewish community and served the royal court during the 18th century.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to visit Morocco in December

The United States Supreme Court and the «controversial» sculpture of Prophet Mohammed

In the 1930s, the United States commissioned a sculptor to build a marble frieze for the Supreme Court that depicted 18 lawgivers. The list included Prophet Mohammed, whose sculpture was seen as controversial by the Muslim community in the United States.

America's earliest upholders of Islam go back to the Founding Fathers

Discussions about Islam and Muslims were part of the United States’ history since the the country’s founding. America’s Founding Fathers were the first to accept the religion and declare that they «have no enmity against it».

Morocco is the only Maghreb country without a US ambassador

Nominated twice by President Donald Trump, the United States ambassador to Morocco David Fischer is still waiting for the Senate’s go-ahead to assume office. This delay makes the Kingdom the only Maghreb country that has not seen its US ambassador’s nomination confirmed.

Robert Purvis, an American nineteenth century abolitionist and his Moroccan grandmother Dido

Robert Purvis was one of the most committed American abolitionists in the nineteenth century. The activist drew strength from the story of his grandmother, a Moroccan woman who was enslaved and transported to the United States at the age of twelve.