the time sounds significant but occludes that a large part of the population in Ceuta & Melilla were morroccan/rifians workers while most the spanish were part of a military garrison, not permanent residents. them becoming cities is more recent and intimately related to colonial exploitation–i think it’s fairly reasonable to entertain the working people of morrocco who built these places under colonized conditions have a claim.
the kingdom of morrocco however only acts on this from the angle of fucking with Spain/EU, which criticize morrocco’s colonizing the Sahrawi. the israel/US angle is a part of the current heap, quid-pro-quo for the Abraham accords (the US demanding countries withdraw recognition of SADR since morrocco signed). but the timing is also close to a recent Spanish visit to Algeria (who host and arm the Polisario front)
the time sounds significant but occludes that a large part of the population in Ceuta & Melilla were morroccan/rifians workers while most the spanish were part of a military garrison, not permanent residents. them becoming cities is more recent and intimately related to colonial exploitation–i think it’s fairly reasonable to entertain the working people of morrocco who built these places under colonized conditions have a claim.
the kingdom of morrocco however only acts on this from the angle of fucking with Spain/EU, which criticize morrocco’s colonizing the Sahrawi. the israel/US angle is a part of the current heap, quid-pro-quo for the Abraham accords (the US demanding countries withdraw recognition of SADR since morrocco signed). but the timing is also close to a recent Spanish visit to Algeria (who host and arm the Polisario front)