Western Sahara - Pompeo Visit Signals Change in Policy? - Robert M. Holley

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Robert M. Holley, Senior Policy Adviser, MACP

Last week, my colleague Ed Gabriel wrote a blog commending the resolve of King Mohammed VI to not cave into alleged efforts, as reported in several press accounts, by Secretary of State Pompeo to persuade Morocco to bend its policy on Israel and Palestine to favor better prospects for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's reelection. Press speculation suggested that Pompeo might offer some kind of grand bargain on the Western Sahara as an inducement. Aside from the press accounts, there is no other reliable evidence that any of this was true. Nevertheless, following Pompeo's visit, fresh questions about US policy on the Western Sahara deserve to be asked.

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