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Algeria must fight with the greatest firmness all those who work to divide the Algerians

Enemies from the inside are more dangerous than enemies from the outside. Algeria must fight with the utmost firmness all those who work to divide the Algerians.  Since the summer of 2019, we have seen several energumens appearing on the public scene who advocate hatred against our compatriots in the region of Kabylia. At the time, we believed that these attacks were personal initiatives without there being an organized character behind the numerous hate campaigns, especially on social networks. The development of events and the speech of some political leaders like Naima Salhi convinced us that these attacks were not isolated cases or personal initiatives of bitter people suffering from a superiority or inferiority complex, but it was a structured project, this project was called "ZERO KABYLE". In this article, we are not going to make an exposé on the origins of this project, or on its Emirati architects, or even less on its numerous Algerian executors, who were generally b

Gara Djebilet Mega Project: Why is this project the focus of Moroccan media interest? Is Morocco really in the right? Is the convention signed in 1973 really binding on Algeria?

Since the Algerian government's decision to revive the strategic Gara Djebilet mine project (1) , all of the official and unofficial Moroccan media outlets have been talking about this issue, highlighting Morocco's alleged historical right to the Gara Djebilet mine. For the Moroccan side, Hassan II is said to have accepted the borderline between Morocco and Algeria in exchange for a usufruct right to the Gara Djebilet mine. Unfortunately for the Moroccans, the documents signed and ratified between Morocco and Algeria do not say the same thing (2) , and we will come back to this in detail in this article, in order to definitively deconstruct the Moroccan propaganda, for internal use, and whose aim is to anaesthetize the Moroccan people by letting them believe in the possibility of recovering a past greatness that never existed. Before answering the Moroccan allegations, let's try to explain in a few words this mega project of Gara Djebilet, what is it about?  1) The Gara Dje

What does Algeria blame Morocco for? Why will relations with Morocco not be restored? And why will Algeria not accept any mediation with Morocco?

On August 24, 2021, Algeria took a historic decision by breaking its diplomatic ties with Morocco which has not ceased to carry out hostile, unfriendly and malicious actions against our country and this, since the independence of Algeria. In this article we will not deal with Moroccan betrayals before our independence (hijacking of the FLN plane, betrayal of Emir Abdekader, bombing of the Algerian maquis from the Marrakesh air base, participation of the Moroccan Goumiers in the masacres of Setif in 1945, etc.), because the subject deserves several articles so many malicious actions since the arrival of the Alaouite dynasty in 1666 in the sultanate of Marrakech and Fez: the real name of Morocco before Hassan II decided to change the official name of Morocco in 1957 to mourn the name of Al-Maghrib (1) (in Arabic). 1) What does Algeria blame Morocco for? To answer this question and without going back to the Moroccan betrayals before Algeria's independence, the most complete document t

Interview of Belgacem Merbah by the Think Tank International Crisis Group on Algerian-Moroccan relations

As part of a research project on diplomatic relations and tensions between Algeria and Morocco, I was asked by the International Crisis Group to answer some questions. In the interest of transparency to those who trust us, we publish the full interview in this article. ICG: Can we talk about the rise of a real virtual nationalist movement (Algerian Patriots, Algerian Brotherhood etc.) in Algeria in response to the nationalism of the Moroccan "moorish"? Belgacem Merbah :  I can't talk about Algerian Brotherhood, I'll just talk about Algerian Patriots. I do not think that the problem is posed in these terms: first, the term nationalism is not adapted to our case, it is rather patriotism. Moreover, I refuse the parallel that you make between what I do through Algerian Patriots which is a spontaneous citizen movement and the moorish movement which is a racist movement, organized by the Moroccan services (the DGED more precisely) to attack the Algerian home front. I think