HIBAPRESS – Casablanca
Anyone who has followed Algerian foreign policy in recent years will remember that "old-new" habit: whenever a country expressed its support for the Moroccan Sahara or praised the autonomy initiative, Algeria would rush to recall its ambassador for consultations, or threaten to expel the accredited ambassador, as if the whole world was living to the rhythm of the mood of the El Mouradia Palace.
But today, after the latest UN resolution in the Security Council passed with a huge majority of major countries supporting the Moroccan proposal, it seems that Algeria has lost its voice, no recall, no threat, not even a modest statement, a suspicious silence, heavier than any statement.
Will Algeria dare, as it used to do in the past, to recall the United States of America's ambassador?
Will it risk reprimanding the ambassadors of the strong and major countries that openly voted in favor of the Moroccan Sahara?
Will it wave the expulsion of the representatives of those countries that supported and backed Morocco's position from its territories?
The answer is known to all: absolutely not.
Those who talk a lot in the absence of the strong ones, fall silent for a long time when the major capitals speak.
The era of media threats that were used to satisfy the internal affairs is over, and Algeria now realizes that confronting the global powers will only bring more political isolation, and more embarrassment in front of its people.
For years, Algeria has tried to buy positions with gas and oil money, but today it finds itself facing a new reality: legitimacy cannot be bought, and credibility cannot be rented.
The latest UN resolution is not just a passing document, but a clear declaration that the international community has chosen Moroccan realism, and has closed the door to the illusions of separation.
And because wisdom says: "He who does not have the ability to respond, chooses silence," Algeria has chosen complete silence, no fiery statements, no summons, no threats, only silent observation, as it sees the countries that were threatening it yesterday voting today in favor of Morocco, without even daring to comment.
The balance of diplomacy has changed, and Algeria remains stuck in an old discourse, which no one takes seriously anymore, while Morocco, is moving forward with confidence and firmness in consolidating its sovereignty over its Sahara, supported by the justice of its cause and the legitimacy of its positions.
And while the lights go out in the halls of the heated speeches, the light shines again on the simple truth that cannot be concealed: the Sahara is Moroccan.. and the international community is now saying it openly.
