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Rabat may win the vote, but Moscow will win the war

Opinion · Western Sahara Let them know: Algeria will not bend With Washington's complicity, the Makhzen wants the Security Council to sign the death certificate of the Sahrawi people. It has misjudged the times, misjudged its adversary, and may pay dearly for this arrogance. Things must be called by their name. The draft resolution submitted by the United States on 20 October 2026 is not a text of peace. It is an act of annexation dressed up in diplomatic language. It decrees that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the "only solution". It strips MINURSO of its "R", the R for referendum, the letter that has haunted Rabat for thirty-five years. It even erases the word "people", speaking only of "Sahrawi components", as if an entire people could be dissolved into a footnote. The Sahrawis are no longer being negotiated with. They are being crossed out. A heist against international law Make no mistake: this text crea...