By: Amb. Maa Lainine Lakhal

Developments in the conflict in Western Sahara since the return of the Polisario Front to armed struggle against the Moroccan occupation on 13 November 2020 have been marked by Moroccan and international moves that reveal the depth of the ongoing conspiracy against the Sahrawi people since the 1970s.

The latest was Macron’s announcement of support for the occupation.

For those who have been deceived by Moroccan colonial propaganda, such as promoting the opening of consulates or the support of some Western capitals and politicians, they may think that these fictitious Moroccan “victories” are defeats for the valiant Sahrawi resistance, as paid Western pens are currently saying in opinion articles that have been increasingly published in some international media outlets.

But all this fuss by Morocco and those behind it is only a logical consequence of the failure of the occupation and its supporters to impose the Western colonial agenda in Western Sahara for more than half a century, and an announcement that should be read in reverse, as it marks the beginning of the free fall of the monarchy in Morocco, and of the Makhzenid occupation of Western Sahara.

Let us try to extrapolate the backgrounds of some of these fictitious victories. First, since the return of the Polisario Front to the armed struggle, the Makhzen regime has been in a state of hysteria, prompting the king to beg for support from all the godfathers of his regime around the world.

Morocco has been subjected to the influence of this cancer that has never entered a country without destroying its present and the future of its people. As a result, Morocco has officially become a Zionist protectorate par excellence since its “Commander of the Faithful” sold the faith, religion, country and people to Netanyahu in exchange for an alleged American recognition of the “Moroccanness” of the Western Sahara.

There is no need for us to go back into the truth and nature of this recognition, which in the end was nothing but a “tweet” on Twitter that soon disappeared and a “declaration” by a former American president in the last two weeks of his term in office.

Macron is facing the same fate.

His recognition of a fictitious “Moroccanness” of Western Sahara took place at a pivotal historical moment in the life of France, in a political atmosphere charged with conflicts between the parties, and during a “truce” that he requested from the other parties before violating it with his shameful declaration.

Morocco’s free fall into the clutches of the Zionist entity raised the ire of the European countries closest to the Makhzen regime, especially France and Spain. Still, they could not concede to the Makhzen regime until after Presidents Sanchez and Macron were blackmailed by the Zio-Moroccan regime.

Of course, no one knows how much dangerous information the Zionist Makhzen possesses against dozens if not thousands of politicians and public figures in most European countries (the Morocco-Gate scandal, for example).

It is enough to reflect on the humiliating way in which Sanchez announced his change of position on the Sahrawi issue, in a letter written on his behalf by the Moroccan palace and published in Morocco without consulting him, which led him and his government into an internal political crisis that remains open until now.

The way the position was unilaterally announced without parliamentary support or even governmental consultation, made influential French parties break their silence to declare their rejection of it and their adherence to international legitimacy.

The Socialist Party, the Greens and the Communist Party are just a few examples. At the same time, dozens of trade unions, organisations and other French civil society actors are disgusted by the Macronian capitulation to Morocco.

Thus, it can be concluded that all these positions expressed were taken by presidents or leaders at the end of their term of office or outside the necessary consensus, making them positions of individuals and not States, which explains the passage of these recognitions without much impact on the fixed status of the Sahrawi issue as a decolonisation issue that cannot be resolved either in Washington, Paris, Rabat or Madrid, but only through the referendum boxes and a clear decision by the Sahrawi people and their sole legitimate representative, the Polisario Front, without dispute.

Secondly, let us turn to the drama of the opening of consular booths by some African and other countries that are, to say the least, failed States or, at best, illegitimate. States that are willing to violate international law and the most basic diplomatic norms for those who pay.

This play, regardless of its illegality and absurdity, reveals the occupation regime’s thirst for any illusion of recognition of sovereignty by anyone after the Makhzen was unable to obtain such recognition from the only holder of sovereignty in Western Sahara capable of deciding the matter, the Sahrawi people.

Therefore, it can be said that all this diplomatic confusion is nothing but a mask of victory that hides Rabat’s defeat and suffering from the firmness and steadfastness of the Sahrawi people and their heroic resistance to the occupation, despite all international forces that are trying to postpone their inevitable coming liberation, the signs of which are increasing as the occupation regime becomes more and more nervous and doubles down on making legal, political, diplomatic and economic mistakes in all its moves.

Attention should always be paid to rereading any fictitious Moroccan “victory” by trying to understand the price the Makhzen is paying for it from its sovereignty and independence lost since 1912, and from the fate and reality of the “crushed” Moroccan people politically, socially, economically and even humanly.

Morocco has lost everything because of its unjust war against the Sahrawi people, and Moroccans have become mere guests of the Zionists, the true rulers of their country.

Finally, it seems that Morocco’s current rush to seek external support for its colonial adventure is a declaration of Rabat’s inability to pay the price for its despicable service to Western colonialism, and it wants to force the capitals that have always stood behind the curtain to become directly involved in this occupation.

However, all indications are that this is just a coward’s shot, knowing that sooner or later, the Sahrawi people are determined to win victory, even if the haters hate it.