# Did the US and Israel Just Commit Their First Act of Hybrid War Against Spain? | naked capitalism
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Publisher: naked capitalism · published 2026-08-04 · read 2026-09-11

Original: https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/08/was-moroccos-migrant-invasion-of-ceuta-the-us-and-israels-first-act-of-hybrid-war-against-spain.html

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## Who is named (10)

- [Pedro Sánchez](https://truthscore.com/entity/4dc84e3e)
- [Faten Ben Omar El Azizi](https://truthscore.com/entity/6c92eaa1)
- [Michael Rubin](https://truthscore.com/entity/77e1f9b6)
- [Spanish Supreme Court](https://truthscore.com/entity/78c5a1dc)
- [Morocco](https://truthscore.com/entity/790efced)
- [U.S. Congressional Report (April 2026)](https://truthscore.com/entity/7af03da7)
- [Dakhla‑Tiznit highway](https://truthscore.com/entity/8d5aca5d)
- [Israel](https://truthscore.com/entity/9e6b26cf)
- [Ceuta](https://truthscore.com/entity/dd53d322)
- [United States](https://truthscore.com/entity/f6d3f5b6)

## What it added

- [The United States and Israel have motives and means regarding the Ceuta situation.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4a453353)
  > Both the US and Israel have their motives as well as the means.
- [Approximately 60,000 Moroccans crossed the border into Ceuta within about 36 hours in late last week.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2b436f3c)
  > In the space of around 36 hours, an estimated 60,000 Moroccans crossed the border separating Morocco from Spain’s Ceuta enclave — into a city with a population of just 84,000.
- [The Spanish Supreme Court issued a ruling on July 8 that barred summary deportations of migrants who arrive by sea without due process.](https://truthscore.com/claim/dd2eacf9)
  > The ruling, issued on July 8, opened an operational void that, according to Spain’s intelligence services, Interior Ministry and Moroccan authorities, was exploited by human smuggling networks and amplified by misleading messages on social networks.
- [Rumors spread that the Spanish border was open and migrants could cross it without documents.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3dde9058)
  > “The Spanish border is open and you can cross it without papers”, was the general message that propelled a wave of young people onto the roads of the north of the Maghreb country…
- [Unconfirmed reports claim that Rabat is financing the migration.](https://truthscore.com/claim/dd39f8a4)
  > Unconfirmed reports claim Rabat is financing the migration.
- [Eighty‑eight people died in Spanish Ceuta, including 13 children, during the fracas that followed the border crossing.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e04c413d)
  > In the inevitable fracas that followed, 88 people died in Spanish, including 13 children (it is unclear know how many perished on the Moroccan side).
- [Faten Ben Omar El Azizi, a 20‑year‑old Moroccan women’s football prospect, drowned at the Ceuta gate.](https://truthscore.com/claim/ec777ee1)
  > A young Moroccan women's football prospect has drowned at the gates of #Ceuta (#Spain). Faten Ben Omar El Azizi, 20, played for Moghreb Atlético de Tétouan.
- [By Saturday morning, most migrants had returned to Morocco, according to Western media.](https://truthscore.com/claim/980b5b9c)
  > By Saturday morning, Western media were reporting that the vast majority of the crowds had already returned to Morocco, presumably with some rather forceful prodding from Spanish forces.
- [The United States and Israel may be using migration as a tool of pressure against Spain.](https://truthscore.com/claim/132abb68)
  > While it is also possible — indeed, quite likely — that Morocco is working in tandem with two very powerful allies: the United States and Israel.
- [In April 2021, about 10,000 migrants crossed the Ceuta border weeks after Brahim Ghali was admitted to San Pedro Hospital in Logroño.](https://truthscore.com/claim/6e2dc5f5)
  > In April 2021, Ceuta suffered a massive spike in migration, in which roughly 10,000 migrants crossed the border, just weeks after Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, the political and military organization representing the Sahrawi people, was admitted to San Pedro Hospital in Logroño, Spain, for severe COVID-19.
- [On July 20, 2026, Pedro Sánchez met senior government officials in Algiers.](https://truthscore.com/claim/fe5cdf0d)
  > On July 20, just over a week before the Ceuta crisis began, Pedro Sánchez met with senior government officials in Algiers — for the first time since 2022.
- [Michael Rubin suggested that the United States should recognize Ceuta and Melilla as Moroccan territory.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8f1212d3)
  > Michael Rubin… recently urged Morocco to launch a civil march on Ceuta and Melilla similar to the one that took place in 1975, which triggered the ultimate withdrawal of Spanish forces from Western Sahara.
- [A U.S. Congressional Report described Ceuta and Melilla as “Spanish‑administered” but “located on Moroccan territory”.](https://truthscore.com/claim/3fabc8a3)
  > “Ceuta and Melilla are located in Moroccan territory and remain the subject of Morroco’s longstanding claim”
- [Morocco announced naming the Dakhla‑Tiznit highway after President Trump.](https://truthscore.com/claim/418020b5)
  > Morocco even announced on Monday that it was naming the Dakhla‑Tiznit highway, which runs through Western Sahara, after President Trump.
- [Twenty‑two EU member states signed a letter calling for an emergency meeting on Tuesday, August 4.](https://truthscore.com/claim/8682c402)
  > A total of 22 countries signed a letter promoted by Italy and Denmark calling for an emergency meeting, scheduled for today (Tuesday Aug 4), and criticising Spain’s Pedro Sánchez government for regularising half a million illegal immigrants in recent months.

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