Bourita Speaks of “Humiliation” — Yet the True Disgrace Lies in the Handshake with the Murderers of Palestine

Once again, Morocco’s Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, emerges with a faltering discourse, seeking to mask political submission beneath the glitter of a so-called “diplomatic victory.” The man who opened the gates of Rabat to the Mossad now dares to speak of dignity and balance, though he was the one who sold his country’s honor on the altar of the Abraham Accords.

What humiliation is he talking about?

Is there any greater disgrace than shaking hands with the occupiers of Palestine while pretending to lecture Algeria on courage and restraint? What remains of a diplomacy that takes its orders from Tel Aviv and Washington? Morocco, once a bearer of Arab identity and resistance, has now become a rear base for Israeli intelligence and a conduit for Zionist schemes in the Maghreb.

When Bourita speaks of a “hand extended toward Algeria,” we see only a hand stained with the blood of Gaza’s children — a hand that reached first toward the enemy before feigning a gesture of dialogue. Dialogue cannot be built with those who attack in secret and smile in public, nor with those who open their airspace to the aircraft of occupation while closing their hearts to the Arab cause.

And what dialogue is possible when Rabat uses Algeria as a tool for domestic propaganda?

Algeria has never closed the door to dialogue, but it refuses any conversation that comes at the expense of its principles or under the shadow of foreign dictates. This is the nation that dismantled colonial partition plans in the 1970s and stood firmly against the “Deal of the Century.” It does not need a certificate of good behavior from a regime that bartered its sovereignty for Israeli recognition.

As for Bourita’s talk of a “solution with neither winners nor losers,” it is nothing more than a desperate attempt to sugarcoat reality. The United Nations Security Council has not granted Morocco any legitimacy over Western Sahara; it has simply reaffirmed the principle of negotiation and the right to self-determination — a truth that Rabat continues to evade, fearing the collapse of its “autonomy plan” illusion.

Before asking Algeria to accept defeat, you would do well first to prove that you have won — which you have not — and that Algeria has truly entered the battle — which it has not yet done. So far, we have acted with discipline and patience, advancing with precision, without yet unveiling our true strategic cards.

Algeria does not know the meaning of surrender: we either triumph, or we triumph.

For us, victory is not a possibility — it is destiny.

With its history and steadfast principles, Algeria needs no lessons in dialogue or diplomacy. It is the mother of revolutions, the guardian of liberation, and the voice of the free in every forum. As for those who have made normalization a creed and Zionism a partner, let them know this: one who betrays Palestine cannot speak to Algeria in the language of dignity.

In the end, Algeria is not defined by borders but by the depth of its convictions. It does not yield to pressure, but acts in sovereignty and pride. Whoever seeks genuine dialogue must first wash his hands of the blood of the Abraham Accords — and abandon the double discourse between the “extended hand” and the “hidden dagger.”

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By Belgacem Merbah

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