Colonial Continuum in Morocco

Yasser Louati
48 min readJan 7, 2021

Palestine, the Western Sahara and Zionism. What normalisation reveals and conceals. guest: Hatem Bazian

Following the King of Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with the state of Israel in exchange for a 3 billion dollar investment (in companies he owns for the most part) and a recognition of his sovereignty over the Western Sahara and its people, Dr Hatem Bazian came on the show to give his analysis as an academic and global Palestinian voice.

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As Palestine has been a crytallising struggle for what is called the “Global South” and has for years been abandonned by Arab and Western regimes alike, the latest move by the King of Morocco might raise questions on whether the two struggles for liberation are comparable and if there is a window for solidarity between them. Historic figures of the Palestinian resistance like George Habash had indeed visited Sahraoui refugee…

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Yasser Louati

Paris born, Africa/US raised; Head of the Committe for Justice & Liberties; Podcasts #LesIdéesLibres🇫🇷 & #LeBreakdown🇬🇧🇺🇸; Columnist @ The New Arab