"The Algerians fear that they will become vulnerable to Morocco (and Israel) in the long run, if these two states continue to cooperate"

The US trying to legitimise Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and the formation of a defence partnership between Rabat and the Jewish state both leave Algiers angry and extremely worried about national security.

“Israel's alliance with Morocco could mean that in the long-term Rabat becomes militarily superior to Algiers and dominant in the region,” Riccardo Fabiani, the North Africa project director for the International Crisis Group, told The New Arab.

“The Algerians fear that they will become vulnerable to Morocco (and Israel) in the long run, if these two states continue to cooperate.”

Huge geopolitical ramifications

Trump’s Western Sahara decision, which President Joe Biden has not reversed, and Rabat entering the Abraham Accords have both led to the reignition of a North African “cold war”.

Due to several issues that have increased tensions between Rabat and Algiers, the Algerians severed official ties with Morocco on 24 August.