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18 May 2021 Migrants as a weapon.

We have already seen this in the complicated relations between Turkey and the European Union.

It happens now between Morocco and Spain in Ceuta, with Rabat removing the cap and moving 8 thousand people.

ABC

Migration crisis in Ceuta.

The government unable to respond to Rabat's blackmail

Morocco's ambassador to the foreign minister: "There are acts that have consequences".

Sanchez takes refuge in the EU and promises firmness while the US calls Morocco and not Spain

La Razon

The government ignored the Moroccan warnings on Polisario

Rabat had made known through official channels its discomfort for the asylum in Spain of the leader of the Saharawi separatists, suffering from covid.

Now the army tanks are returning to Ceuta.

Sanchez warns that he will defend the borders and allocate 30 million  

La Vanguardia

Morocco puts Ceuta in check and Sanchez deploys the army

The president guarantees firmness and considers what has happened an attack on the territorial integrity of Europe.

The military is trying to contain thousands of migrants in the face of the passivity of Rabat's forces

Four cows for the patera and one for the plane. Last December, Moroccan Medi left his hometown of Kenitra, three hours south of Ceuta, after his family sold five head of cattle to pay for his clandestine trip to Spain. He had a plan: with the money of the first four animals he would pay for the sea crossing to the Canary Islands and with the fifth the flight to the Peninsula. He did so, he explained, by the economic impact of the pandemic on the tourism or trade sector. "My family is having a hard time. The virus brought us a very hard economic crisis and we only survived because my brother sent us some money from Catalonia. Now it's my turn." His story was that of many. Everyday,young Moroccans from all over the country from the satellite cities of Casablanca or Marrakech such as Beni Melal or El Kelaa des Sraghna arrived in the Sahrawi city of Dakhla awaiting the call of the trafficker to leave. The situation was overflowing. In the last year and a half, 30,000 people have illegally arrived in the Canary Islands, more than half Moroccans. Although the profile of those migrants differs from those who have passed through Ceuta in the last few hours, there is a common denominator: despair over the pandemic. Beyond the political context and the use of migration as an instrument of pressure by the Moroccan kingdom, the dimension of what happened in Ceuta warns of the enormous hole that the covid has opened in the pockets of the most humble of Morocco, which suffers the its first recession since 1995.In the last year and a half, 30,000 people illegally arrived in the Canary Islands, more than half Moroccans. Although the profile of those migrants differs from those who have passed through Ceuta in the last few hours, there is a common denominator: despair over the pandemic. Beyond the political context and the use of migration as an instrument of pressure by the Moroccan kingdom, the dimension of what happened in Ceuta warns of the enormous hole that the covid has opened in the pockets of the most humble of Morocco, which suffers the its first recession since 1995.In the last year and a half, 30,000 people illegally arrived in the Canary Islands, more than half Moroccans. Although the profile of those migrants differs from those who have passed through Ceuta in the last few hours, there is a common denominator: despair over the pandemic. Beyond the political context and the use of migration as an instrument of pressure by the Moroccan kingdom, the dimension of what happened in Ceuta warns of the enormous hole that the covid has opened in the pockets of the most humble of Morocco, which suffers the its first recession since 1995.Beyond the political context and the use of migration as an instrument of pressure by the Moroccan kingdom, the dimension of what happened in Ceuta warns of the enormous hole that the covid has opened in the pockets of the most humble of Morocco, which suffers the its first recession since 1995.Beyond the political context and the use of migration as an instrument of pressure by the Moroccan kingdom, the dimension of what happened in Ceuta warns of the enormous hole that the covid has opened in the pockets of the most humble of Morocco, which suffers the its first recession since 1995.

La Verdad

Migration and diplomatic crisis

The deployment of the army makes it possible to assist 4,000 of the 8,000 migrants who entered Ceuta illegally.

The

Ceuta

avalanche was clearly not accidental or improvised. Moroccan authorities officially looked the other way when millions of people jumped into the water. It is impossible not to believe that instead of being tolerated it has been well promoted and organized. The surprising thing is not that Morocco, a very difficult and unreliable neighbor, has once again resorted to such a ruse. What is more surprising is that the Spanish authorities, starting with the government, were caught off guard. The Spanish secret services have once again failed

SUR

Sanchez faces the biggest migration and diplomatic crisis since transition in Ceuta.

The army sent to the most fragile frontier

El Pais

Morocco pushes tension with Spain to the limit The EU supports Spain

The irregular entry into Ceuta of over 8 thousand people in a few hours is not a migratory crisis, but an unacceptable strategic impulse that Morocco has launched in Spain, to which it is necessary to respond with the utmost unity and firmness. The challenge is intolerable, among other things because it irresponsibly uses disadvantaged people (including many minors) as tools to assert political interests, putting them at risk. Beyond the official statements, it is clear that the arrivals respond to the decision of the Moroccan authorities to react to the hospitalization of the secretary general of the Polisario Front Brahim Gali in Spain and increase the pressure on the Spanish government. Rabat seeks to satisfy a number of interests, the main of which is the recognition of sovereignty over Western Sahara,as did Donald Trump during his tenure. Faced with this scenario, Spain and the EU will do well to make it clear through the competent channels that episodes of this type will not advance Moroccan interests an inch, neither in the Sahrawi question nor in that of economic aid. The explicit support of the European authorities was also adequate, and the telephone contact between Sánchez and the leader of the opposition, Pablo Casado, was very important. It is to be hoped that the Popular Party does not use this serious episode to wear down the Executive. Such a thing cannot be expected from the far right of Vox, who did not hesitate for a moment to use counterproductive inflammatory language, but from the main conservative formation.The EU will do well to make it clear through the competent channels that episodes of this type will not advance Moroccan interests an inch, neither in the Sahrawi question nor in that of economic aid. The explicit support of the European authorities was also adequate, and the telephone contact between Sánchez and the leader of the opposition, Pablo Casado, was very important. It is to be hoped that the Popular Party does not use this serious episode to wear down the Executive. Such a thing cannot be expected from the far right of Vox, who did not hesitate for a moment to use counterproductive inflammatory language, but from the main conservative formation.The EU will do well to make it clear through the competent channels that episodes of this type will not advance Moroccan interests an inch, neither in the Sahrawi question nor in that of economic aid. The explicit support of the European authorities was also adequate, and the telephone contact between Sánchez and the leader of the opposition, Pablo Casado, was very important. It is to be hoped that the Popular Party does not use this serious episode to wear down the Executive. Such a thing cannot be expected from the far right of Vox, who did not hesitate for a moment to use counterproductive inflammatory language, but from the main conservative formation.neither in the Sahrawi question nor in that of economic aid. The explicit support of the European authorities was also adequate, and the telephone contact between Sánchez and the leader of the opposition, Pablo Casado, was very important. It is to be hoped that the Popular Party does not use this serious episode to wear down the Executive. Such a thing cannot be expected from the far right of Vox, who did not hesitate for a moment to use counterproductive inflammatory language, but from the main conservative formation.neither in the Sahrawi question nor in that of economic aid. The explicit support of the European authorities was also adequate, and the telephone contact between Sánchez and the leader of the opposition, Pablo Casado, was very important. It is to be hoped that the Popular Party does not use this serious episode to wear down the Executive. Such a thing cannot be expected from the far right of Vox, who did not hesitate for a moment to use counterproductive inflammatory language, but from the main conservative formation.Executive. Such a thing cannot be expected from the far right of Vox, who did not hesitate for a moment to use counterproductive inflammatory language, but from the main conservative formation.Executive. Such a thing cannot be expected from the far right of Vox, who did not hesitate for a moment to use counterproductive inflammatory language, but from the main conservative formation.

Welt

Border Europe

CDU criticizes SPD for attitude towards Israel

SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans asks for a voice in exchange for German arms deliveries to Israel. The supplies "are not to be excluded in principle, he said - But then we also have the right to be heard a little when it comes to de-escalation, opening up to a two-state solution, conducting negotiations".

Walter-Borjans sees the responsibility for the current Middle East conflict on the side of Hamas. "The aggressor is Hamas," said the leader of the SPD after consulting the party presidium and the executive committee. With its missile strikes, it is conducting "a terrorist attack on civilians in Israel" which must be stopped immediately. And in this context, Walter-Borjans recognized Israel's right to self-defense. However, he also criticized Israel's settlement policy, which sparked the new conflicts. This too is "unacceptable" and "contrary to international law," said the leader of the SPD. For him, emphasizing this has nothing to do with anti-Semitism. L'anti-Semitism or even violence against Jews in Germany is definitely "absolutely unacceptable," Walter-Borjans stressed. This is "boring nationalism and anti-Semitism wrapped in a cloak that concerns other people whose interests you defend".

Ten days ago, Olaf Scholz gave a surprisingly clear speech at the SPD election congress. He presented himself as a decisive reformer and at the same time as a guarantor of seventy years of continuity in the Federal Republic of Germany. But we asked ourselves: will his party also stand behind him, will it support him and his positions? Now we know: it won't. Last week, Scholz asked Germany to continue delivering weapons to the Israeli army. A yes. Now the but has arrived. After the deliberations of the presidium and the council of the SPD, party chairman Norbert Walter-Borjans announced that the SPD stands for Israel's right to exist. It's for arms deliveries to Israel. But the SPD wants it to be conditional. He wants a say in Israel.An SPD president should know that Germany is indeed the last state that has the right to rule Israel. Walter-Borjan's misplaced request expresses the presumption and megalomania of a country that has been protected by the United States for decades and has benefited from it. And because he was almost spared the trouble of war, he began to enjoy the role of the moral teacher to the point of sending his messages of cheap peace around the world.he has begun to enjoy the role of the moral teacher to the point of sending his messages of cheap peace around the world.he has begun to enjoy the role of the moral teacher to the point of sending his messages of cheap peace around the world.

NYT

Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, addressed President Biden yesterday on the issue of supporting Israel in the bombing of Hamas in Gaza, urging him to stop allowing a government she believes is committing crimes against Palestinians, according to a close Democratic aide. to the facts. During a conversation on a tarmac in Detroit, where Biden had arrived to visit a Ford factory, Tlaib echoed a harsh speech it made in the House last week, telling the President he needed to do more to protect Palestinian lives and human rights, said the aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Gaza under the bombs that accentuate the profound misery of millions of Palestinians. No progress in the attempts to reach a ceasefire. In the graphics, the size of the red squares reflects the disproportion in the death toll of the conflict: on the Palestinian side over 240, especially in the Strip, on the other the 12 deaths caused by Hamas rockets, less than the 22 dead in the West Bank, most Palestinians killed by the Israeli army

Sewage in the streets and thousands on the run: the crisis in Gaza. The battle between Hamas militants and the Israeli army has triggered a humanitarian catastrophe that is affecting almost all civilians in the enclave. Gaza was already in a dire state, but the war made matters worse, damaging sanitation and sewers, closing schools and displacing tens of thousands of people.

President Biden maintained his public support for Israel even as he adopted a somewhat sharper private tone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a calculation in the form of Biden's longstanding relationship with the Israeli leader, as well as from the growing hopes that Israel's military operations against Hamas are about to end. In Monday's phone call, Biden warned Netanyahu that he could not hold back criticism of the Gaza attacks for so long, according to two people familiar with that call. That conversation would have been significantly louder in the tones of the official White House summary. That phone call and others since the fighting began last week reflect the complicated 40-year relationship between Biden and Netanyahu,started when the latter was the deputy head of mission at the Israeli embassy in Washington and Biden was a young senator with a passion for foreign affairs. Today, that relationship is more complicated than ever. Biden's balancing act on Israel, which has always been a challenge for an American president, is particularly difficult given that the Democrats are no longer solidly on Israel's side.

Washington Post

Israel says it will intensify attacks on Hamas tunnels despite calls for a ceasefire. Biden increasingly at odds with many Democrats on the stance towards Israel

Israel does not have a coherent strategy for the Palestinians. The US should push for a reset, by David Ignatius

Israel has stumbled upon the ongoing war in Gaza, and its military commanders are now doing their job to inflict maximum pain on their adversary, Hamas. But there is no sign of a coherent strategy that brings long-term peace and stability even closer. This is a problem that should worry Israel and its friends. Israeli leaders take pride in being stubborn and sometimes speak brusquely of the recurring Gaza wars (and lopsided victims) as "mowing the lawn". Yet there is a toxic backlash for this gardener. These wars do not provide lasting security; they end up weakening support for Israel. And Hamas ends up being stronger, not weaker.

WSJ

Biden, Democrats and Israel

The American left calls for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire, but under what conditions?

With any luck, Israel will soon inflict enough damage on terrorist stocks and the Gaza leadership to negotiate a real ceasefire. Israel wants a swift end to the conflict, not a repeat of its 2014 Operation Margin of Protection, which lasted 50 days and involved a ground raid in Gaza. Calls for a ceasefire for the sake of the ceasefire ignore the causes of the conflict. Hamas has achieved a political victory within Palestinian politics with its show of strength. Its leaders were open to a temporary ceasefire following their attacks last week. They want to pocket a political victory, leave with their military capabilities intact and regroup. If Israel lets this happen,the next war in Gaza will take even more lives. The real source of Israel's democratic skepticism is less Middle Eastern than domestic political realities. Anti-Israel sentiment is at the forefront of modern left movements seeking to undermine liberal values. President Biden has so far shown fortitude not to give in, but his party's ruling left is upping the ante at home and in the Middle East.but his party's dominant left is raising the stakes at home and in the Middle East.but his party's dominant left is raising the stakes at home and in the Middle East.

WSJ

Qassam Brigade leader Deif targeted by Israeli army as world pushes for ceasefire Israel plans to continue operation in Gaza to target higher-quality Hamas terror targets, even if the US, l 'EU and others push for a ceasefire. Among these targets is the commander of Hamas' Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Deif

L'Equipe

Chef

Deshamps'

surprise

revealed yesterday that Benzema will be among the squads for the European Championships after more than 5 years of exclusion from the national team. The coach explained the decision as follows: "In my head, it had been there for some time." It is the result of a reflection born after the international meeting in March, which matured in the following weeks, to the point of accepting the idea of ​​meeting the Real Madrid center forward, of "discussing for a long time" with him, which he did not do since 'autumn 2015, to question what they had been able to say and conclude that the conditions for a return to the national team were there: the need to find each other is mutual

Sport

Le Parisien

Nazionale, Deschamps deconfirms Benzema.

The striker was surprisingly included among the 26 called up for the national team

AS

Perdonato

Benzema will be at the European Championships, again with the national team after 6 years.

It will form a dream attack with Mbappé and Criezmann

From the editorial staff

La Tercera (Chile)

Peru, national team players ask not to vote in the run-off for communism  

In Peru, for the first time, a group of national team players are asking their compatriots in this second round of the presidential elections, which will be held on Sunday 6 June, not to vote for Pedro Castillo, who according to his opponents is a representative of communism. The athletes are implicitly supporting right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of the former president, currently in prison, Alberto Fujimori. This second round of elections is dividing Peruvians because the candidates are at the political extremes: right and communism. 

"Currently there is a discourse that tries to divide and make the difference between rich and poor, cholos, whites and blacks - declares goalkeeper Pedro Gallese - now is the time to unite more than ever." The Peruvian Football Association said that the players "are free to express their opinions", adding that the body has not organized any political campaign. In the previous presidential elections the players refrained from intervening in politics and did not take a position on social media, but the new campaign " Put the Peru shirt "is catching on and spreading on social media, in particular Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 

"I am not a communist - says midfielder Edison Flores, who plays in the United States in a video - vote for democracy". Defender Carlos Zambrano, of Boca Juniors in Argentina, added: "I want a Peru without communism and free, and above all in peace". Other players participating in this campaign are Jefferson Farfán from Alianza Lima, Luis Advíncula del Rayo Vallecano, André Carrillo from Al-Hilal FC from Saudi Arabia, Raúl Ruidíaz from Seattle Sounders FC USA, Pedro Gallese from Orlando City, Wilmer Cartagena from Godoy Cruz from Argentina and Miguel Trauco from Saint-Étienne from France. 

ng.ru

The presidential elections in Iran will be a triumph of the hawks

The Iranian presidential elections scheduled for June 18 could lead to the victory of a candidate of the conservative bloc. This results from an independent sociological survey conducted by Stasis Polling for Tehran's opposition channel Iran International. According to this research, nearly three times more voters want to see a politician who represents the interests of so-called fundamentalists than those who are willing to vote for a reformist camp figure. This balance of power raises the question of what disarray Iranian foreign policy might take after the June vote.

A Stasis Polling poll shows that 24% of potential voters in Iran would be willing to vote for a conservative figure. Only 9% of respondents expressed a willingness to support the reformists. This is despite the fact that the percentage of Iranians who consider themselves conservative supporters, according to the survey, reaches 15%. It is significant that participants in sociological research were asked about their attitude towards the incumbent president of the Islamic Republic Hassan Rouhani, whose figure is associated with reformist circles. Only 18% of respondents seem to be satisfied with his work. This is 7% less than a similar poll conducted in November 2020. Rouhani will not participate in the June elections:the politician has exhausted the limit of two presidential terms provided by the Iranian Constitution, but the evaluation of his performance illustrates the attitude towards reforms and the possible approach to the West.

Quando è stato chiesto quali candidati non dovrebbero essere votati in nessun caso, gli intervistati hanno nominato due figure principali. Questi sono Zarif e il primo vicepresidente Eshaq Jahangiri, che è il principale candidato riformista. È interessante notare che il sondaggio prevede un fallimento in termini di affluenza. Così, circa il 55% degli intervistati di Stasis Polling ha detto che non avrebbe votato. Il 18% degli intervistati ha avuto difficoltà a rispondere. Solo il 27% ha detto di essere pronto ad andare alle urne.