Algeria said Thursday it was imposing visa requirements on Moroccans, accusing its passport holders of criminal activity, including “Zionist espionage,” in a new downturn in fraught relations with its neighbor.A statement carried by Algeria’s official APS news agency charged that Morocco had “engaged in various actions that threaten Algeria’s stability.”It accused Morocco of having “deployed Zionist espionage agents holding Moroccan passports to freely enter the national territory.”It also said Morocco had been conducting “multiple networks of organized crime, drug and human trafficking, not to mention smuggling and illegal immigration” within its borders.
Algeria and Morocco have been at odds for decades. Algeria severed relations with Morocco in 2021. But the Abraham Accords has given Algeria fresh ammunition: the larger Arab world might not care so much about the two countries' differences over the Western Sahara or the Kabyle people, but you can get some of them on your side by accusing your enemies of being Zionists or Jews.
Morocco's Hespress adds:
Hisham Aboud, an Algerian opposition activist, said, “This decision is unjustified, and there is no evidence of the presence of Israeli spy networks in Algeria,” indicating that “this is evidence of the disintegration of the Algerian regime’s security base.”The spokesman stressed that "this decision indicates the weakness of the Algerian regime, and is an attempt to curb visits between the two peoples in order to cover up the miserable Algerian situation."“The story of Morocco bringing in Israeli spies is a very funny story that cannot be believed. Everyone knows the nature of Algeria’s intelligence situation, and what is happening is weakness and a great insult to this country,” Aboud says, emphasizing that “the goal is to drag Morocco into imposing the same decision.”
Keep in mind that Algeria is now a member of the UN Security Council and is the conduit for Israel haters to bring anti-Israel resolutions.
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