One particular interaction — in which a Yedioth Ahronoth journalist shouted “But we have peace! You signed peace!” at a group of young Moroccan fans who immediately walked away after he revealed where he was from — has been used by critics to argue that the spirit of Arab-Israeli harmony promised by the Abraham Accords has failed to spread across the region, let alone take hold among those whose governments signed normalization agreements with Israel.
Analysts who spoke with The Times of Israel agreed that the pro-Palestinian sentiment at the World Cup demonstrates the limits of the deals Israel signed with the Emirati, Bahraini and Moroccan governments and surmised that the Arab street is unlikely to warm to Israel as long as its military control over the Palestinians continues. READ MORE
