Morocco Boosts Ties with Israel: 'Tensions' Apparently Don't Apply to Weapons Deals
Deutsche Welle reports Morocco is deepening military ties with Israel, framing it as happening 'despite tensions.' One might wonder if these 'tensions' are simply performative, given the Abraham Accords—a lavishly brokered deal during the Trump administration that greenlit Morocco’s contested Western Sahara annexation in exchange for normalizing relations with the Israeli government. (A move
condemned by the Polisario Front, the indigenous independence movement, and UN resolutions.) The real story here isn't 'despite tensions,' but 'because of strategic interests' facilitated by Western powers. This isn’t a surprising development; it's the predictable outcome of 'peace deals' often engineered to legitimize occupations and boost arms sales, regardless of ongoing violence or human
rights concerns. How many 'peace through strength' deals exclude the voices of those whose land and lives are being traded?