An episode (30/10/2022) of the "Shabbat" program highlighted Algeria's hosting on November 1, the 31st regular session of the Council of the League of Arab States at the summit level, where the foreign ministers of member states will meet in Algeria in preparation for the summit.
But the atmosphere before the summit did not remain as calm as it had been hoped, as one of the Algerian channels broadcast an introductory report on the participating countries, showing a map of Morocco that does not include Western Sahara.
Information written on the channel shows that Morocco is located in northwest Africa, bordered to the north by the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea, to the south by the Western Sahara, to the east by Algeria, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
Immediately after the report was published, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita demanded clarifications regarding the map adopted by Algiers International Channel as the summit's media partner, he said.
But the Arab League confirmed in a statement that it has no media partner, and said in a tweet that the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States denies having any "media partners" in covering the work of the 31st Arab Summit being held in Algeria, and confirms that it has no connection with any media institution. claim this trait.
The League also made it clear in its statement that it does not adopt an official map on which the political borders of the Arab countries are shown, including the Kingdom of Morocco, and that it adopts a map of the Arab world without showing the borders between countries in order to enhance the concept of Arab unity.
Arab activists interacted with this incident, as activist Saad al-Dulaimi called on Algeria to take full responsibility, writing, "The members of the Arab League must bear full responsibility for any transgression committed by the country organizing this summit."
In Jane, Abdel Hamid Joudi saw that the map of the Arab League was a clever act. He said, "Contemplate the map. Has it identified the features of the map of Morocco, including the Western Sahara and the rest of the Arab countries? It is a map with open borders, and it is a clever act that only the wise person understands."
Muhammad Hamri called for leaving side matters and focusing on the summit. He wrote, "It should (that) be attentive in dealing with such matters. We do not want to give the opportunity to dilute this summit and engage in side matters."
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Ben Ammar's leaders wondered about the confusion, and he tweeted, "If the reunion was just a slogan, as they say, why all this concern? And if the summit did not happen, as they claim, then why all this fuss? And if Algeria is already far from all your calculations, why all this confusion?" !".
Abu Ahmed asserts that what unites the Arabs is more than what divides them, so he wrote, “Nations meet and support each other, especially in this difficult stage, and the Arab League should be a hope for Arab peoples of solidarity and renunciation of division. We are one nation, our religion is one, our language is one, and what unites us is more than what divides us.” .
After this incident, the Algerian channel published an apology, and said on Facebook, "Algeria International Channel apologizes for using a map of the Arab world other than the one approved by the Arab League. Algeria International Channel confirms that this is nothing more than a technical error from the graphics department."