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Why can't Algeria take Mohamed VI's statements seriously? Morocco needs an enemy to ensure the survival of the Makhzen.

On the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of his accession to the throne, the King of Morocco has graced us with a new tragicomic speech, where he reaches out to Algeria. A speech that recalls the speech of last year on the same occasion. The speeches of Mohamed VI follow one another and are similar, we can note good intentions in the speech, but the facts are systematically orthogonal to the pious wishes expressed in these speeches. In reality, no one is fooled in Algeria, we know that these speeches are not serious, it is to make Morocco look like a victim who is ready to negotiate with Algeria and maintain at the same time the same aggressive and unfriendly position towards Algeria. We know that Morocco needs to continue to make its people believe that Algeria is the enemy, our country serves as a safety valve for the Makhzen regime: when Morocco is in crisis, the regime systematically turns its eyes to Algeria, waving the threat of imminent aggression of our country against Morocco o...

Rahabi: what is behind Mohamed VI's "extended hand" to Algeria

Mohamed VI has again reached out to Algeria, in a speech delivered Saturday evening on the occasion of the Throne Day. A speech that recalls, in its passage devoted to Algeria, the one he read last year on the same occasion. The Moroccan king's speech includes a plea for appeasement with Algeria, this time with a direct appeal to the Algerian presidency to "work hand in hand" to establish "normal" relations.  In Algiers, however, it is not forgotten that his equally honeyed words in 2021 did not prevent the continuation of Morocco's "hostile acts" that led to the breakdown of relations between the two countries. "The speech of the King of Morocco Mohamed VI on the occasion of the Throne Day evokes the relations with Algeria in the same terms as those of the last years," notes the diplomat and former Algerian minister Abdelaziz Rahabi, who considers that this statement "cannot represent a diplomatic event nor open perspectives.  ...

A hypocrisy and insolence without limit: Mohamed VI would refuse that his subjects offend the Algerian people!

The King of Morocco devoted part of his speech on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of his accession to the Throne to Algeria. As usual, he had a polite and consensual speech but in complete contrast with the actions of the agents of Makhzen, who insult, night and day, Algeria, its history, its people, its heritage, its culture, and all the symbols of the Algerian state. The king of Morocco seems to discover that there is an army of Moroccans, paid by the Moroccan state, who insult Algeria and the Algerian people: "These slanderous remarks about Moroccan-Algerian relations are totally senseless and sincerely dismaying," he said, affirming: "As far as we are concerned, we have never allowed nor will we allow anyone to harm our brothers and neighbors". In the age of social networks, it is appalling to see the king of Morocco insult the intelligence of 46 million Algerians. How can he maintain that he will not tolerate Moroccans harming the Algerian people? Who can ...

Algeria's trade relations with Spain: Algeria does not back down and will go to the end to defend its vital interests

Several hostile media, including Moroccan, have reported an alleged retreat of Algeria regarding its trade relations with Spain. According to the information we were able to obtain from the competent authorities, Algeria does not intend to review its position vis-à-vis Spain, as there has been no change on the causes that led Algeria to suspend the Treaty of Friendship and Good Neighborliness with Spain. What remains astonishing is the lack of professionalism of several foreign and national media, which have taken a statement of the Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (ABEF), to produce completely crazy and inconsistent conclusions What remains astonishing in this case, is the lack of professionalism of several foreign and national media, which have taken a statement of the Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (ABEF). The ABEF, to make conclusions completely far-fetched and inconsistent. It is common knowledge that only the Ministry of Finance or the Bank of Alge...

Should we fear the threat of the Zionist entity against Algeria? Is this threat new?

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...

Morocco should show more humility, as long as it remains under the mercy of Algeria, with regard to its gas supply from Spain

Morocco should show more humility, as long as it remains under the mercy of Algeria, with regard to its gas supply from Spain Since the stoppage of the Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline (GME), on November 1st at 0:00, following a sovereign decision of Algeria who wished to punish the Kingdom of Morocco, for its hostile and bellicose policy towards our country, an unprecedented energy crisis has settled permanently in Morocco. The direct consequence of the cessation of natural gas supplies from Algeria has been the shutdown of 2 gas-fired power plants, which alone account for 15% of total electricity production in Morocco. The Tahaddart (30 km south of Tangier) and Ain Beni Mathar (near Jarada) power plants, built respectively in 2005 and 2010, were supplied with natural gas via the Maghreb-Europe (GME) pipeline. The shutdown of these two major power plants, powered by Algerian gas, has shown Morocco's strong dependence on its neighbors, Spain and Algeria. Morocco has tried to compensate ...

Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline: after realizing the impasse in which it finds itself, Morocco is using the "Coué" method to convince itself of a better future

Since 2015, a lot of ink has been spilled talking about the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline or the Africa Atlantic gas pipeline. Officially, this project would be a Moroccan royal initiative that was concretized in May 2017 with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Queen of Morocco and the President of Nigeria. The reality is much more complicated, we will try, through this article, to shed our light to explain the context of the genesis of this project and the underlying goals and we will study the seriousness of this project. The Africa Atlantic Pipeline is a gas pipeline project promoted by Morocco. It is intended to compete with the trans-Saharan gas pipeline project (Nigeria-Niger-Algeria gas pipeline). The "Moroccan" project is to build a 6,000 km undersea gas pipeline around the west coast of Africa, partly following the route of the West African gas pipeline, but with a much greater capacity than it. It would connect all the countries of West Africa a...