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 to answer this question is undoubtedly Ramtane Lamamra's statement when he announced the rupture of diplomatic relations with Morocco, in August 2021.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of the elements that poison relations between Algeria and Morocco:
A) Expansionism:
The main problem we have with Morocco is probably its expansionist policy, which was conceptualized by Allal El Fassi (El Istiqlal) in the theory of Greater Morocco: a concept developed by the Moroccan government in the 1950s and 1960s under the impetus of the laboratories of the SDEC (former name of the DGSE - French external intelligence service). According to this far-fetched theory, which is not based on any historical facts, Morocco claims the Western Sahara, Mauritania, part of the Algerian Sahara (west), and part of Mali (northwest).
The consequences of this expansionist policy have been disastrous for the region: it began with the Sand War in 1963 (2), when Morocco attacked Algeria to "recover" territories that it did not have the courage to claim from France. The reality is that Morocco's borders never went beyond Oued Noun in the south and Oued Melouya in the east. Dr. Mohamed Doumir has explained this in detail in the video below which I recommend you to watch:
Another consequence of this expansionist policy, which is perhaps more serious than the war of the sands, is the indoctrination of the Moroccan people with this theory which is based on historical untruths. For example, in Moroccan school textbooks, there are maps showing one third of the Algerian territory attributed to Morocco, and when one consults the Moroccan constitution, one can see in article 42 a reference to the "authentic" borders of the Kingdom of Morocco. All the corollaries of this expansionist policy have created several generations of Moroccans who firmly believe that Algeria is an enemy country that illegally occupies Moroccan territories. It is precisely for this reason that one can see hordes of Moroccans on social networks attacking anything Algerian, sincerely believing that they are defending their country.
The objective study of history shows that Morocco has managed to significantly expand its territory, thanks to France:
- It was France that unified Morocco, without Lyautey the Sultan of Morocco would never have succeeded in subduing the Berber tribes who refused to pay allegiance to the Sultan;
- It was also France that offered Morocco 80,000 km² of Algerian territory east of Oued Melouya in 1845 to thank Sultan Abderrahmane for betraying Emir Abdelkader (cf. Treaty of Lala Maghnia of 1845).
Contrary to the official Moroccan propaganda, the historical borders have never gone beyond Oued Noun to the south, and this with the admission of the sultans of Morocco, below the various borders of the sultanate of Fez and Marrakech for 10 centuries.
B) Western Sahara:
Since Morocco's annexation of this territory by the infamous "green march", the issue of Western Sahara has poisoned relations with Morocco. Morocco reproaches Algeria for its unwavering support for the Sahrawi people and for hosting Sahrawi refugee camps on its territory (the Sahrawi populations arrived in Algeria fleeing the attempted genocide (3) carried out by Hassan II, who used prohibited weapons against civilian populations).
Morocco's expansionist policy makes the Sahrawi question a matter of national security for Algeria, which cannot allow Morocco to apply the policy of fait-accompli.
Our country blames Morocco for the blockades it is operating to prevent the referendum on the self-determination of the Saharawi people, and the Moroccan obsession with including Algeria as a stakeholder in the conflict, in a desperate attempt to regionalize the conflict, which remains an issue of decolonization.
C) False accusations following the 1994 Marrakech attacks:
On August 24, 1994 (the day chosen by Algerian diplomacy to break diplomatic relations with Morocco: quite a symbol), a terrorist attack shook the capital of Moroccan tourism. Two Spaniards were killed and a French woman was wounded in a shootout inside the Atlas Asni Palace in Marrakech, in the Gueliz district. Morocco quickly and unfairly accused Algeria of being responsible for the Marrakech attack and introduced visas for Algerians. Algeria retaliated by imposing visas for Moroccans and closed the border which remains closed to this day.
Beyond the false accusations, what Algeria did not tolerate and which contradicts the honeyed speeches of the king of Morocco, is that the Algerian nationals were treated with an unheard of savagery by the Moroccan security services: a real manhunt was set up everywhere in Morocco to track down the Algerians, several facts of theft, bullying and humiliation have been reported.
What happened in 1994 shocked many Algerians, including yours truly: it was on that day that I swore to myself that I would never set foot in Morocco. I have kept this promise because since 1994, I have not been to Morocco. To this day, Morocco has not acknowledged its mistake, because investigations have shown that Algeria was not responsible and no apology has been made to the Algerians.
D) Support for terrorism in the 1990s:
During the black decade, the Moroccan regime actively supported the barbaric terrorist hordes by offering them Morocco as a rear base, and by actively participating in the introduction of weapons into Algerian territory. The testimony of the terrorist leader Layayda is quite chilling: Layada tells how the king of Morocco tried to make him a Moroccan agent (4).
Algeria has not forgotten this act of war. Algeria has also not forgotten the boasts of Hassan II who proudly shouted from the rooftops that Algeria was the laboratory of Morocco: a direct admission of his involvement in the national tragedy.
E) Support to the terrorist groups MAK and Rachad :
Morocco does not hide its financial, logistical and political support to two terrorist organizations that threaten Algerian national security. Members of Rachad and MAK regularly travel to Morocco, and there is evidence of direct financing of these two terrorist organizations. Finally, let's remember that the last straw for Algeria was the MAK: on July 15, 2021, Omar Hilale, speaking at a virtual meeting of the non-aligned movement, reproached Algeria for setting itself up as a fervent defender of the right to self-determination, and for denying this same right to the Kabyle people, one of the oldest peoples in Africa, who have been under the longest foreign occupation.
F) Hate campaigns against Algeria in the media and social networks:
Algeria blames Morocco for the media campaign organized by the Moroccan regime and directed against Algeria. To illustrate my point: just go to any Youtube channel of an Algerian television or an Algerian newspaper to see the amount of hateful comments of Moroccans against the Algerian people and state. The recent call by the King of Morocco to cease hostilities has had an immediate effect on these vulgar and disrespectful comments, further proof that this phenomenon is organized and sponsored by the Moroccan state.
G) Drugs:
Algeria, like all of Morocco's neighbors, receives tons of drugs every year. This drug traffic, controlled by the Moroccan royal palace, actively finances the residues of terrorism and causes serious addiction problems among young people. Morocco is waging a real drug war against Algeria. Despite the efforts of the Algerian state, large quantities of drugs still slip through the net.
H) Theft of Algerian heritage with the complicity of the Azoulay clan and France :
Since the arrival of Mrs. Azoulay at the head of Unesco, the organized theft of Algerian heritage has accelerated, reaching an almost industrial level. These thefts are part of a Franco-Moroccan strategy to empty Algeria of its culture, in order to promote the neo-colonialist propaganda that claims that Algeria is a French creation and that it never existed before 1962! We note that racist organizations financed by Morocco such as the "Moorish" movement use exactly the same language as the French extreme right.
I) Normalization with the Zionist entity:
The last point of our non-exhaustive list was for me the element that accelerated the decision, it is unacceptable for Algeria, a country that fervently defends the Palestinian cause, to have the Zionist enemy at our borders. Even if this normalization is only a coming-out of a cooperation that is more than 60 years old, the political symbolism was too strong not to react in a strong and energetic way.
2) Why will relations with Morocco not be restored?
Normalization with the Zionist entity has emboldened Morocco, which thinks it is untouchable and above international law, as is the case with the Zionist entity, which has the absolute record of unfulfilled UN resolutions. The main issue at stake in Morocco's normalization with the Zionist entity was Western Sahara, the aim being to benefit from the same impunity as the Zionist entity at the United Nations and to rally a maximum number of countries to its colonialist cause.
Despite the deceptive speeches of the king of Morocco, Morocco has no intention of revising its hegemonic and bellicose plans towards our country, they continue to practice the same expansionist policy and to activate all the lobbies they pay handsomely to harm Algeria's interests.
3) Why Algeria will not accept any mediation with Morocco?
Algeria has already experimented with mediation with Morocco: in 1988, King Fahd Ibn Abdelaziz of Saudi Arabia acted as mediator. This mediation allowed Morocco to obtain a strategic gas contract with Algeria (GME: Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline) and led to the reopening of the borders in 1989. This détente with Morocco lasted 5 years before Algeria closed the borders. The Algeria of 2022 is not the Algeria of 1988: the difficult economic conditions of the late 1980s contributed to the success of Saudi and French pressure on Chadli Bendjedid. History has taught us that this deal was a monumental mistake for Algeria, which does not intend to make the same mistakes with a country that has done everything to consider it as it has always considered us: that is to say, an ENEMY country!
4) Summary:
Clearly, Morocco has never been sincere in its relationship with Algeria, it has systematically undermined all Algerian attempts to create a climate of mutual trust, good neighborliness and cooperation (cf. the Gara Djebilet case where Algeria proposed to Morocco an economic cooperation beneficial to both peoples or the GME gas pipeline that allowed Morocco to build an industry that did not exist before the arrival of the GME). Moroccan leaders bear a heavy responsibility for the succession of crises between the two countries. The Moroccan attitude condemns the peoples of the region to misunderstanding and confrontation. This attitude mortgages dangerously the present and the future of the peoples of our region. Algeria refuses to continue to accept the unacceptable as was the case when savage Moroccan hordes of royalist youths, violated the compound of the Algerian Consulate General in Casablanca, with the desecration of the national flag on a certain November 1, 2013.
Algeria has understood the impossibility of coexisting with the Makhzen regime, which structurally needs a weak Algeria, which Algeria will not be able to tolerate. It is therefore obvious that we are heading, unfortunately, towards an inevitable confrontation. Algeria will continue to use all means of pressure to put an end to this Makhzen regime which has always betrayed the Algerian people.
(1) Al-Maghrib: in 1957, Hassan II decided to change the official Arabic name of his country to Al-Maghrib, which is the historical name of the North African region, with the hegemonic aim of appropriating all of the history, heritage and culture of North Africa in line with the expansionist theory of Allal El Fassi's Greater Morocco
(4) Moroccan support for the GIA during the 90's (Hassan II hosted Layayda in the royal palace in Salé - full confession of the person concerned): https://odysee.com/@AlgerianPatriots:7/video-933-%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A8:6
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