Post by @blogdiva@mastodon.social

2026-08-02 19:02 UTC

wrote a whole thread https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/117026853211729625 but never answered directly your question: it’s for the same reason UK controls Gibraltar. there is no contemporary Morocco and #MENA elites without the billions they made managing for european elites not only migration into Europe in the modern era. they have centuries of managing Europe’s off-shored slavery and subsequent prison/forced labor. #MAGA wants this with #Ceúta if not all of #Morocco. it explains their strategic alliance. @rejinl@masto.nyc

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@DBG3D@masto.es 2026-08-02 19:15

@blogdiva@mastodon.social @rejinl@masto.nyc Gibraltar is a different issue altogether: "Anglo-Dutch forces captured Gibraltar from Spain during the War of the Spanish Succession, and it was ceded to Great Britain in perpetuity under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar While Ceuta: "In 1415, it was annexed to the Kingdom of Portugal. After 1580, it was annexed by the Hispanic Monarchy, with the city choosing to stay Spanish after 1640. Ceuta belonged to the Spanish province of Cádiz as a regular municipality prior to the passage of its Statute of Autonomy in March 1995,[10] as provided by the Spanish Constitution, thenceforth becoming an autonomous city. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta And the actual Morocco regained its independence and reunified in 1956 under the leadership of Sultan Mohammed V. So they can't claim Ceuta, or Melilla either. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco

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@rejinl@masto.nyc 2026-08-02 19:31

@blogdiva@mastodon.social Fascinating!

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