The hostility of the Zionist entity towards Algeria is not new or cyclical. It is very old and began with the creation of the Zionist entity in 1948. The origins of this hostility probably lie in the Crémieux decree (*) of 1870 (a decree declaring the indigenous Israelites of Algeria to be French citizens), which had disastrous consequences for the cohesion of the Algerian nation, and which is considered, to this day, by Algerians to be an unacceptable and unforgivable act of treason.
1) History of the hostility of the Zionist entity towards Algeria
We find the first chapter of Zionist animosity against the Algerians, during the Algerian war, more precisely in the city of Constantine (eastern Algeria), where Mossad fought the FLN with great ferocity. This is what the Israeli daily Maariv reveals, the agent Avraham Barzilai has decided to talk about his past as a Mossad agent in Algeria. Precisely in Constantine where, at 29 years old, he was sent by the Israeli secret service, together with his wife, to set up operational cells to wage war against the ALN, under the cover of a modest Hebrew teacher. The story is reported by the daily Maariv, taken up by the site "Near East News" and was published in 2009, on the occasion of the largest gathering ever organized in Israel, Sephardic Jews of Constantine, led by the singer Enrico Macias. What agent Barzilai and his direct supervisor, Shlomo Havilio, who was stationed in Paris in 1956, recount are the details of an operation by the Mossad services that trained and armed cells composed of young Jews from Constantine to wage war against the ALN. The two agents, who had previously served in Unit 131 of the Israeli army's intelligence services in Egypt, had already set up similar cells to destabilize Nasser's government by arming Egyptian Jews in a failed operation known by the code name of "the dirty affair. These agents, better known in Mossad jargon as "Metsada" (in charge of special operations), were part, like the current Israeli agents, of the "Research Division", responsible for the interpretation of intelligence. According to the division of Mossad into 15 geographical areas, the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), occupies a predominant place especially since Israel has put in the idea of relaunching the normalization with Rabat and Tunis.
The newspaper "Maariv" reports the account of this agent by returning to an episode that took place on May 12, 1956: "Barzilai has a premonition that the FLN will commit an attack. He therefore ordered the members of his cell to arm themselves with pistols and to patrol the Rue de France, the main artery of the Jewish quarter of Constantine. At noon, a very loud explosion shook the street: an Arab had thrown a grenade into a café. The young people of the Barzilai cell arrived on the scene very quickly. Jewish women shouted. One of them points to the alleyway where the terrorist fled. "The young Jews in my cell caught up with him and shot him. The confession of this Mossad agent continues, untouched and cynical: "We were afraid that the Arabs would come and take revenge on the Jewish neighborhood. So we deployed four other cells at strategic points at the entrance to the Jewish quarter. Some Jews carried weapons, with the authorization of the French authorities. Very quickly the shots started to fly from all sides. And the armed Jews, furious after the attack, began to move towards the Muslim quarter. I ordered our men to take control of the situation and avoid any outbursts with dramatic consequences," Barzilai recounts. For these spies, the tracking of FLN militants was permanent. In the Jewish neighborhoods, it replaced that of the French army. This Mossad agent confided that French soldiers were "directed" by these Mossad cells. He wrote, after this affair, in a coded message sent to the Mossad headquarters in Europe: "our men penetrated the neighboring Arab cafés and caused them serious losses". The rest of this story will be revealed during this week's Jerusalem gathering, which will be attended by Enrico Macias, who is scheduled to give a Malouf concert, and the Raffarin government's Minister of State for Victims' Rights, Nicole Guedj, who also hails from Constantine. During this seminar, several Algerian Jewish personalities will intervene including Professor Benjamin Stora who will lead a conference on "the resistance and exodus of Jews" from Constantine or Professor Marc Zerbib, known to be one of the organizers of the networks of Algerian Jews established in Israel and estimated at 50,000 members by various sources.
In the aftermath of the independence gained after the sacrifice of our glorious martyrs, Algeria remained faithful to its revolutionary doctrine. In the words of the Guinean Amilcar Cabral, founder of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), Algiers is "the Mecca of revolutionaries. His formula can be summed up in one sentence: "Muslims go on pilgrimage to Mecca, Christians to the Vatican, and liberation movements to Algiers. For more than a decade, "Algiers the white" became "Algiers the red". The city was at the heart of the anti-colonial and revolutionary struggle. In Africa, another man is fighting against apartheid, Nelson Mandela. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he sought help and support on the continent. Nelson Mandela believed in non-violence but after the Sharpeville massacre in 1960 in South Africa, he decided that armed struggle was his only choice. He was invited to Oujda, to participate in lessons of revolutionary strategy given by the Algerian army. He will never forget the help given by the Algerians. In May 1990, three months after his release from prison, he returned to this land to thank the Algerian people by proclaiming: "Algeria is my country". Algeria then imposes itself at that time as the apostle of the African countries in struggle. In Algiers, villas of the downtown area welcome the international liberation movements. The ANC is thus present in Algiers since 1963, but also the movements of Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau or Angola. Algeria provided these countries with military and financial support, as well as diplomatic aid.
The Palestinian cause was not the exception in Algeria's support for just causes, Algeria since its independence has actively supported (politically and financially) the Palestinian cause and has participated in all the Arab-Israeli wars. This support has reinforced the hostility of the Zionist entity towards our country, which has never changed its position one iota on the Palestinian issue.
In sum, contrary to Zionist propaganda, we see that it is not Algeria that has initiated any hostility towards the Zionist entity, history teaches us that it is the opposite: the Zionist entity has tried by all means to help colonial France to stay in Algeria. Even if the Algerian position is not a reaction to Zionist hostility, it is rather a position of principle built on convictions stemming from our long struggle against colonial France, which made our country the standard bearer of non-aligned countries.
2) Why does the Zionist entity wish to destroy Algeria?
Since the independence of our country, the Zionist entity has conducted, or tried to conduct several destabilization operations against our country. For example, the Israeli air force (**) attempted to bomb the Palais des Congrès of Club des Pins in Algiers on November 15, 1988, where the State of Palestine was proclaimed. This attempt was a bitter failure for the Israeli F15 squadron which did not succeed in approaching the Algerian airspace, thanks to the vigilance of the Mig-25 of the 3rd wing air defense of the Algerian Air Force.
We can also say today with certainty that the Zionist entity, had a hand in the black decade that Algeria experienced. The return of several thousand Algerian Afghans in the early 90s could not be a coincidence, when we know the relationship of the CIA and Mossad with the Arab extremists who fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. Let us also note the Moroccan rear base that was offered to Algerian terrorists where Israeli weapons (Uzi) entered in large quantities into Algerian territory.
The Zionist entity considers Algeria as the last bulwark to be destroyed, so that the Arab and African countries normalize with it. As an example, Algeria has recently prevented the deployment of the Zionist entity at the level of the African Union. On the other hand, Zionist military analysts have always considered the Algerian army as the only Arab army capable of posing problems to the Zionist army of occupation. The Israelis remember until today, the direct confrontation between the Zionist special forces (Golani) and the 8th Armored Brigade in the port of Al-Adabiya in Suez, Egypt. Indeed, after long years of silence and denial, the Egyptians finally recognize the leading role of the Algerian army in the war against Israel in 1967-68 and 1973.
In a long article based on testimonies of former senior Israeli military officials collected in a book co-authored by Ronen Bergman and Gil Meltzer, the newspaper Al Ahram highlights the intense participation of the Algerian army in this war and its undeniable contribution on the material and human level. "Algeria was the second country after Iraq in terms of contribution in this war alongside Egypt. It participated with more than 2,000 soldiers, more than 800 non-commissioned officers and nearly 200 officers. It has also mobilized 96 tanks, missiles and about fifty Russian fighter planes, "said the newspaper which describes the exemplary and heroic attitude of the soldiers of the ANP. Referring also to the memoirs of retired General Khaled Nezzar on the 1967-68 war, Al Ahram regrets that the role of Algeria is silent throughout these years. According to the newspaper, Israel had, in fact, managed to hide the real contribution of Algeria in this war, while it was at the front line of the war front. "In his book, General Nezzar has revealed some secrets that have surprised the world and have challenged the concepts of war," said the Egyptian newspaper that did not skimp on words to praise the war effort made by Algeria and its "valiant soldiers. "I am not responsible for this defeat achieved by stupid and incompetent Israeli leaders who underestimated the military capabilities of Arab countries mobilized on two fronts: north and south. What happened to our military forces at the port of Al-Adabiya was the direct consequence of our arrogance and underestimation of the Algerian military forces and their equipment. General Sharon thought that the Algerian soldiers would flee with their homemade weapons and leave the front at the sight of the first Israeli tank. But in the end, they had set a trap that cost him 900 of the best soldiers in the Israeli army and 172 tanks totally destroyed," says former Israeli army boss David Elazar, who did not hide his astonishment at the incredible efficiency of the Algerian soldiers. "Less numerous and poorly equipped, the Algerian soldiers had caused a significant loss to the Israeli army blinded by its numerical and technological superiority," continues this retired general-major. "The Egyptians had made us believe that this port was not secure, while they had charged Algerian troops to protect it. We had established our strategy on this basis. But at the front, we were surprised by the combativeness of the Algerian soldiers who did not give us any chance to access it," adds this former Israeli military leader in this famous book on the Yom Kippur War. He said that the Algerian soldiers had managed to shoot down an American cargo plane C5 Galaxy. Many other testimonies of this former Israeli army official were reported by Al Ahram. Testimonies that have the merit of highlighting the extremely considerable contribution of Algeria in the October War. A defeat and losses that the Israeli military of the time still remember. With this long article, Al Ahram seems to have wanted to correct the situation by praising Algeria and its role during this war against the Israeli enemy.
3) Should we fear the threat of the Zionist entity?
Recent history has shown us that the Zionist threat is credible and plausible, so our country must take it seriously, and that is exactly what Algeria is doing now. Even if the Zionist entity is incapable of opposing Algeria in a direct confrontation with a regular army that would attack us on our borders, it is nevertheless capable of mobilizing a vassal state like Morocco to wage a proxy war against our country or to carry out subversive operations on Algerian territory, or to carry out targeted assassinations of important personalities (scientists, intelligence officers, officers, etc.).
Even if the threat is real, it cannot jeopardize the existence of the Algerian state. Indeed, Algeria has a powerful army (13th army in the world according to Military Watch Magazine), well trained with a very professional staff with a high degree of operational readiness. Moreover, the black decade was also very rich in lessons: the Algerian people showed an impressive resilience that allowed them to defeat terrorism with the help of the National Popular Army.
In summary, it is true that the Zionist entity is capable of dealing blows to Algeria, but none of these blows will be able to bring Algeria to its knees for the reasons mentioned above. On the other hand, Algeria holds several unused cards that can endanger the existence of the Zionist entity. Algeria observes the gesticulations of its enemies on its borders, and reserves the right to activate the various levers it has in the immediate environment of the Zionist entity and obviously in the direct environment of Algeria to protect our vital interests. The Zionist entity would be wiser not to play with fire with Algeria.
(*) Crémieux Decree: The Crémieux Decree (named after Adolphe Crémieux) was Decree No. 136, which automatically granted French citizenship to the "indigenous Israelites" of Algeria in 1870, i.e., to the 35,000 Jews in the territory. It was completed by decree no. 137 on "the naturalization of indigenous Muslims and foreigners residing in Algeria": as far as they were concerned, the status of French citizen was not automatic since it "could only be obtained at the age of twenty-one years" and on their request. In practice, according to historian Gilles Manceron, naturalization was rarely granted to indigenous Muslims, who remained under the indigenous regime. A similar law of massive and automatic naturalization, this time concerning foreigners residing in Algeria, was promulgated on 26 June 1889. Decrees 136 and 137 were passed in Tours by the Council of the Government of National Defense on October 24, 1870, signed by Adolphe Crémieux (deputy of Paris and Minister of Justice), Léon Gambetta (deputy of the Seine and Minister of the Interior), Alexandre Glais-Bizoin (deputy of the Côtes-du-Nord), and Léon Fourichon (deputy of the Dordogne and Minister of the Navy and the Colonies). They were published in the Bulletin officiel de la ville de Tours on November 7, 1870.
(**) November 1988: how Algeria foiled an Israeli bombing against the PLO in Algiers
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