Peace advocates are waiting for US President-elect Donald Trump to fulfill his campaign promises and stop the ongoing wars, whether in Palestine or South Lebanon, or those between Russia and Ukraine, and thus enter history in a big way, how?
After his re-election, Trump now has no major bets except to serve his country according to the slogan “America First”, make weighty decisions, and address sensitive files, through which he contributes to inscribing his name in golden letters in the history record, especially since his Democratic predecessors did not achieve these goals.
It is certain that Israel is called upon to find a quick way out of its inhumane massacres in Gaza and southern Lebanon and its threats to Iran, because American support for Israel has reached its limits after the victory of the language of peace and the defeat of the Democrats due to the impact of the war factor in the Palestinian territories, and then the reports of the study and think tanks in the United States that keep referring to the negative effects of these wars on global peace and security and on the image of Americans.
It is true that President Trump is known for his support for Tel Aviv, and the news circulating in the corridors of the “White House” suggests that the majority of Trump’s team is loyal to Israel. However, we believe that the nature of his strong personality, his dramatic boldness in making decisions, his unique philosophy in managing files and issues of a geo-strategic nature, and his new position controlling the wheels of decision within the “White House” … are all positive factors helping to bring about a major shift in foreign policy that may contribute to ending wars, stopping massacres and putting an end to destruction.
In our opinion, President Donald Trump’s entry into history would not be complete without ending the Sahara dispute, despite the different nature of the files.
The Republican leader was clear in 2020 in his step on the Sahara issue after Morocco signed the “Abraham Accord”, and the logic is to continue the same step by pressuring the parties to the conflict to find a peaceful and just settlement to a long-standing file that will complete half a century next year.
Today, The actors operating in the international scene have become convinced, that a file can only be achieved through a political and realistic solution that will not, naturally, deviate from self-rule within the framework of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom.
Perhaps the position of Paris, and before it Madrid and other European capitals, confirms that Rabat’s vision is the correct one, especially since all options (referendum, partition…) have failed and have not survived in light of the rapid international transformations in favor of Morocco as a balanced actor in the region and a strategic partner in the fight against international terrorism and reducing migration flows…
The developmental approach in dealing with the issue, through the real developmental renaissance in the southern provinces of our country, has also contributed to strengthening the Moroccan position, especially after our country succeeded in exploiting this card and marketing it abroad.
King Mohammed VI’s congratulatory telegram regarding the recognition of the Moroccan Sahara by the leader of the most powerful country in the world, on the occasion of his re-election, is a strong message that the future will be nothing but an ally of Morocco:
“This historic position, for which the Moroccan people will remain grateful to you, represents an important event and a decisive moment, and truly reflects the depth of our distinguished and ancient ties, and promises broader prospects for our strategic partnership, the scope of which continues to expand.”
Optimism is the title of the dispute over the Sahara, because Trump has a large amount of freedom to find a realistic settlement due to a number of factors in which the subjective and the objective intersect and the local meets the international, to complete what he started in 2020 after his historic decision in favor of the Moroccan Sahara, with the prospect of opening a consulate in the city of Dakhla. As a diplomatic facility of strategic importance on the Atlantic coast and the Sahara, and to end the artificial regional conflict.
The talk these days about Republican Marco Rubio, as one of the three figures who could take over the State Department, and who has already set his sights on Algeria in 2022, when he asked the Joe Biden administration to impose sanctions on the eastern neighbor (an important customer for Russian weapons in the world) because of its support for Moscow in its war against Ukraine, is also a positive indicator that may contribute to accelerating the pace of the settlement, ending real social tragedies, and bringing security and stability to a highly sensitive region.
These are just bets that will be revealed in the coming days, but they are not impossible for a pragmatic man like Donald Trump.
*_Mustapha Antra, Ph.D. Media and University Researcher._*
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