ALGERIAN PATRIOTS - ENGLISH

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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.  ...

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 ...