861: Morocco recognizes Israel; Iran barges into Latin America; Erdogan and the poem. Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, @ThadMcCotter

Published: Dec. 15, 2020, 3:31 a.m.

Image:  Spahis (?) from Morocco in Ribecourt   Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of Presidents, and Thaddeus McCotter: @ThadMcCotter, American Greatness, in re: Morocco and Bhutan, a Buddhist nation that recognizes only about fifty countries, both recognize Israel.  Morocco was the first Muslim nation to integrate Jewish history into secondary-school education.  Courageous king.  Fifty thousand Israelis visit Morocco annually.        Iran and South America:  Hezbollah in Caracas and Buenos Aires.  Bolivia is reopening its embassy in Teheran. Zarif visited South America nations, increasing “strategic relations” with Venezuela, becoming much closer to US . Venezuela is an existential threat to Colombia. Ian ahs been selling oil to Venezuela, getting gold in return, in violation of sanctions. Dissident Iranian journalist living in France was drugged, perhaps in Iraq, and kidnapped to Iran.        The mercurial Erdogan and Turkey; a poem that Iran found threatening.    Arthur Balfour:; UK may pursue closer military ties to Israel under Boris Johnson. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/12/iran-executes-journalist-ruhollah-zam-role-2017-protests/6522559002/