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The Western Sahara conflict from the Moroccan perspective
To my fellow journalists and observers all over the world: Here’s what you need to know about this conflict in 10 points:
(1) Incomplete independence
Morocco was colonized by two different countries: France and Spain. The decolonization of the entire territory continues to be a long process that has not yet been completed: 1955 Independence from France, 1956 Northern regions + Tangier, 1958 Cap Juby, 1969 Ifni. The incorporation of Western Sahara in 1975 was part of this process. The next stages are Ceuta and Melilla.
(2) War & Peace
Moroccans fought to liberate the Western Sahara from Spanish occupation in two ways: Militarily in the 1950s with the National Liberation Army*, then peacefully through the 1975 “Green March”.
(3) Inter-Arab war
In the 1970s, Arab countries were divided into two camps: monarchies and socialist republics. Leaders of these republics tried to overthrow monarchies, because they considered these regimes to be reactionary and manipulated by the West. No wonder that the main supporters of the Polisario front were Houari Boumédiène* (Algeria) and Mouammar Kadhafi (Libya), two socialist leaders and enemies of the Moroccan King Hassan II.
(4) Sacrifice
For more than two decades, Moroccans have made significant sacrifices for the Western Sahara, incurring not only human, but also financial costs. They will never agree to lose this territory.
(5) Red line
There is near-unanimity across the Moroccan political spectrum regarding the Western Sahara issue. On the “far-right”, the Islamist party Al Adl Wal Ihsane, the main opposition group to the monarchy, considers the Moroccan Western Sahara to be a "red line”*. Same thing for the “far-left”, with the Unified Socialist Party.
(6) People's obsession
Western Sahara is not an obsession for the King or the Moroccan regime, but for the people. In the past, there have even been clashes between the King and the opposition regarding the management of this issue. In 1981, some leftist leaders such as Abderrahim Bouabid* were imprisoned by Hassan II because the King agreed to a referendum, a step that was unacceptable to them.
(7) Good Bye, Lenin!
Morocco views the Polisario front as an outdated relic of the Cold War era, no different than other Marxist–Leninist guerrilla groups, like FARC in Colombia, Red Brigades in Italy or ETA (Spain/France). It is not incidental that one of the biggest supporters of the Polisario front during the Cold War was Fidel Castro's Cuba.
(8) Artificial conflict
Morocco considers the Western Sahara conflict as a conflict actually between Morocco and Algeria. The Polisario front is an artificial creation, propped by Algiers' to weaken Morocco and become the regional and continental dominant Power.
(9) Western hypocrisy
Moroccans believe that Western countries are using the Western Sahara issue as a political leverage over their country. Besides, these countries allow themselves to use force against separatists (IRA in England, Basques and Catalans in Spain, Corsicans in France), but condemn it when it comes to Morocco.
(10) What's next ?
Moroccans believe that they are achieving significant wins in preserving territorial integrity at the international level and that time is on their side.
(2)*https://t.co/TvMk4FpQUa
(5)*https://t.co/2FDu1OtSV3
(3)*https://t.co/y4ulh2hQVd
(6)*https://t.co/XuM9Vw3ECB
Special thanks to @salma_daoudi1 for the proofreading.
Une excellente carte mentale de vulgarisation à l'intelligence artificielle pour s'autoformer sur les principaux concepts liés à l'IA !
V/ @mickaelruau
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