Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday was scrambling to avoid offending Morocco after an awkward blunder in which the premier held a map showing the disputed Western Sahara as an independent state and not part of Morocco. In an embarrassing gaffe with one of Israel’s few Arab allies, Netanyahu was being interviewed on a French television channel aired on Thursday when he held a map showing the Middle East and North Africa region to illustrate Israel’s regional threats. During the interview with news channel LCI, Netanyahu pointed to the map, saying, “Look at the map of the Arab w…