USA & Israel Sell Out Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Colonizers Being Colonizers in Africa

Saturday, 22 July 2023

By: TB Obwoge

Yet another blow to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and the people trying to hold onto their patch of land. In short Morocco wants it more because they are making money from the coastline and since they lost land to other countries they want to take it out on others by never giving up land in which they claimed they would discuss returning several years ago.

Basically it's like this, the colonizer screwed us, so we are going to screw you.

Recently Israel which wants to further capitalize off of land, decided that they were going to rule in favor of Morocco over the tiny population of some 50-60,000 people living in Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Even with membership to the African Union, the country might soon become nonexistent. Which most of the world already thought.

Kenya recognised the region’s independence in 2005, and is among 41 United Nations (UN) member states — including Nigeria — that recognise the republic as an independent state.

In a Twitter post on Wednesday, Ruto said Kenya “rescinds its recognition of the SADR and initiates steps to wind down the entity’s presence in the country”.

“Kenya supports the United Nations framework as the exclusive mechanism to find a lasting solution of the dispute over Western Sahara,” he added.

“We are accelerating relations with the Kingdom of Morocco in areas of trade, agriculture, health, tourism, energy, among others, for the mutual benefit of our countries.”

The president has, however, deleted the tweet revoking Sahrawi‘s recognition as an independent state.

In Nigeria, the SADR was recognised on November 11, 1984, when President Muhammadu Buhari was military head of state.

Buhari had, in 2019, also said Nigeria’s support for the SADR and its quest for self-determination had not changed, adding that the country remains committed to the resolutions of the African Union and the United Nations on its status.

Meanwhile, although the development has generated varied reactions on social media, the president is yet to give a reason for deleting the tweet.

Source: The Gable NG

Israel recognises Western Sahara as part of Morocco

Morocco claims sovereignty over territory, but other countries back separatist movement.

Israel has recognised Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the Moroccan government and a statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office say.

Rabat said on Monday that Israel is considering opening a consulate in Dakhla.

A statement from Morocco’s royal palace said Israel’s position was expressed in a letter to King Mohammed VI from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Morocco has had control of the territory, but little international recognition, since 1975 after Spanish colonial rule ended.

The Algerian-backed Polisario Front demands an independent state in Western Sahara. In 2020, then-US President Donald Trump recognised Morocco’s claim to the territory in return for its partial upgrade of relations with Israel.

The Israeli position “will be sent to the United Nations, regional and international organisations … as well as all the states Israel has diplomatic relations with”, the statement from Morocco’s royal palace quotes the letter as saying.

Source: Aljazeera News

Morocco and Israel are friendlier than ever thanks to the Abraham Accords. But what does this mean for the rest of North Africa?

It is no secret that most North African countries do not love Israel. When the Jewish State was created in 1948, no North African country recognized it. Consequently, Jews living in North Africa—Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia—were forced to flee or left on their own volition because they no longer felt safe. Between 1948 and the early 1970s, it is estimated that some eight hundred thousand Jews were expelled or left their Arab homelands.

The year 2020 marked a turning point for this sad chapter of history. On August 13, 2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords, officially recognizing the State of Israel. Other Arab and Muslim-majority countries soon followed suit. Months later, on December 10, 2020, Morocco signed a normalization agreement with Israel, becoming the second North African country—after Egypt in 1978 with the Camp David Accords—to recognize the Jewish State. Israel also signed an agreement with Sudan on October 23, 2020 as part of the accords.

While the Abraham Accords brought some Arab countries closer to the West and Israel, it undoubtedly created chasms with others. The agreement between Israel and Morocco sparked a series of chain events in neighboring North African countries that will likely have lasting consequences on the economic, security, and socio-political relations in the region.

Relations between Morocco and Israel have always been more than just cordial. Although Morocco did not formally recognize Israel until the Abraham Accords, it maintained informal ties with the Jewish State and, unlike many other Arab countries, allowed Israelis to visit the country. In 2020 alone, around seventy thousand Israelis visited Morocco.

Source: AtlanticCouncil

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