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Morocco World
05-05-2025
- Politics
- Morocco World
Algeria Arrests Mohamed Belghit Over Remarks on Amazigh Amid UAE Tensions
Rabat – Algeria's security services have arrested Mohamed Lamine Belghit following his controversial remarks regarding the Amazigh during an interview with Abu Dhabi-based Sky News Arabiya. Last week, Algerian regime-affiliated media TSA said Algerian judiciary reacted with 'great speed' following Lamine Belghit's statements, saying that the Amazigh identity was merely a 'Zionist-French ideological fabrication.' Incredulously, he further claimed Amazigh people were actually 'ancient Arabs of Phoenician origin.' He appeared before a judge on May 3, facing charges of attacking the symbols of the nation and country, infringing on national unity, and spreading hate speech and discrimination. The remarks triggered Algeria's regime's anger not only towards Sky News Arabia, but at UAE as a whole. Following the remarks, Algeria's state broadcaster issued a report, describing the interview as a 'dangerous escalation from the artificial Emirati state.' For the broadcaster, UAE crossed all 'red lines regarding the unity and identity of the Algerian people,' and they accused the Gulf country of lacking 'roots and genuine sovereignty.' 'Media incitement affecting Algerian identity will not pass without moral and popular accountability.' Algeria would 'return the insult a hundredfold,' the news agency added. A history of tensions This is not the first time Algeria's regime has lashed out at the UAE. Last year, tensions escalated between the two countries when Algiers accused Abu Dhabi of partnering with Morocco and Israel to destabilize the Sahel region and undermine Algerian interests in the Western Sahara dispute. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune authorized Louisa Hanoune, leader of the Workers' Party, to hold a press conference in which she accused the UAE of attempting to infiltrate Algeria's state institutions and 'pushing for war in the region' for the benefit of Israel. Hanoune claimed that the UAE is 'collecting money to arm Morocco' and using investments in Algeria as a cover to further its alleged conspiracy. 'The UAE is dangerous, a threat to the stability of Algeria,' the report quoted Hanoune arguing. She went on to suggest that Emirati-owned companies in Algeria, such as the National Company of Tobacco and Matches (SNTA), should 'be nationalized to reduce the UAE's presence in the Algerian economy.' The accusations against Morocco and the UAE come as Algeria's regime has long refused to cooperate in security measures aimed at tackling terrorism and other emerging crises in the Sahel, which has long been seen as a fertile ground for organized crime networks. The accusations are also part of Algeria's regime's interference in the domestic affairs of other states, including Morocco. Algeria's continual interference For decades, Algeria's regime has been harboring the Polisario Front, a separatist group that challenges Morocco's territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara. In addition to offering a shelter in a deserted area called Tindouf, the Algerian regime arms, finances, and trains the separatist group, which continues to send malicious threats targeting Morocco's security. The latest terrorism threats were made last week, when members of the Polisario leadership warned foreign investors and tourists visiting southern provinces. The separatist group members said foreign investors and tourists are in 'real danger,' threatening those living in Morocco's southern provinces not to work with foreigners. 'Let the Sahrawi stay away from foreigners and not come telling us they're civilians or innocent. This is not a tourism context, but a wartime context,' one of the separatist members said. The threats came as international politicians, including MPs, have been calling on their countries, particularly the US, France, and the UK, to designate Polisario as a terrorist group undermining the region's stability and security. Tags: Algeria and polisarioalgeria and uae
Morocco World
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Morocco World
Algeria Unleashes Venom Against UAE in Latest Diplomatic Meltdown
Doha – Algeria's state television launched a vicious assault on the United Arab Emirates Friday, hurling insults and threats that shattered diplomatic norms in an extraordinary display of hostility from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's regime. The five-minute tirade, broadcast on national television, branded the UAE as an 'artificial statelet,' 'hybrid entity,' and repeatedly called Emirati leaders 'dwarves.' This verbal barrage marked the latest episode in Algeria's pattern of lashing out at neighboring countries. The trigger was an interview on Sky News Arabia, where Algerian historian Mohamed Amine Belghith claimed Amazigh identity was merely a 'Zionist-French ideological fabrication' and that Berbers were actually 'ancient Arabs of Phoenician origin.' The interview, conducted by an Algerian journalist with an Algerian academic, somehow became grounds for attacking the UAE – simply because the channel receives Emirati funding. Algeria's state broadcaster declared the interview constituted 'dangerous media escalation from the artificial Emirati state that crossed all red lines regarding the unity and identity of the Algerian people.' The statement, reportedly crafted by the presidency's communications directorate under Tebboune's influential advisor Kamal Sidi Said, accused the UAE of lacking 'roots and genuine sovereignty.' The regime's mouthpiece warned that 'media incitement affecting Algerian identity will not pass without moral and popular accountability.' Algeria would 'return the insult a hundredfold,' it added, using language more suited to street brawls than international relations. This outburst reflects a deepening crisis in Algeria's foreign relations. The regime has already severed ties with Morocco, expelled Spain's ambassador over the Western Sahara dispute, and seen relations with France plummet to unprecedented lows. Read also: The Farce in Algiers: Tebboune's Desperate Embrace of Polisario Chief The attack on the UAE follows months of deteriorating relations. In January 2024, Algeria's High Security Council condemned 'hostile acts by a brotherly Arab state' – a thinly veiled reference to the Emirates. By April, Tebboune explicitly accused the UAE of 'igniting fires of sedition' in Mali, Libya, and Sudan, claiming 'wherever there's conflict, that state's money is present.' The broadcaster's presenter delivered these denunciations with such vehemence that observers compared it to 'screaming in a public bath or a drunkards' gathering,' according to Moroccan press reports. Sacrificing diplomatic decorum on the altar of imagined victories The statement described the UAE nine times as an 'artificial statelet' and referred to its leaders twice as 'dwarves.' The Algerian regime exploited public anger over Belghith's comments about Amazigh identity – recognized alongside Islam and Arabism in Algeria's constitution – to position itself as defender of national unity. Yet this same regime previously banned Amazigh flags during the Hirak protests and imprisoned activists who displayed them. Several Amazigh activists denounced the government's maneuver as an attempt to deflect internal tensions by blaming external enemies. 'It's not Sky News Arabia denying our history, it's the Algerian state giving voice to those who falsify our origins,' one Kabyle activist posted on X. The unhinged nature of this latest attack raises serious questions about Tebboune's mental state. Between declaring Algeria the 'world's third superpower,' claiming the country desalinates 1.3 billion cubic meters of seawater daily, and now this diplomatic meltdown, the Algerian president's behavior grows increasingly erratic. As one Moroccan commentator noted, 'This level of degraded insults is unworthy of a state and can only come from the Algerian president, known for his hysterical reactions and violent outbursts.' With each passing crisis, concerns mount that Tebboune's instability could ignite broader regional tensions. The incident reveals a regime desperately seeking external enemies to mask internal failures, willing to torch diplomatic relations and abandon basic decorum in pursuit of imaginary victories. For Algeria's neighbors, Tebboune's government represents not just a diplomatic challenge, but a genuine threat to regional stability. Tags: AlgeriaAlgerian MediaUnited Arab Emirates
