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It's fascinating. Basically the entire world's phosphate comes from this (it has 70% of the world's proven reserves). No country on earth recognizes Morocco's c
by culi 2mo ago
It's fascinating. Basically the entire world's phosphate comes from this (it has 70% of the world's proven reserves). No country on earth recognizes Morocco's claims over this Saharawi land. At least they didn't until 2020 when Trump became the first in exchange for Morocco normalizing relations with Israel. The case has been taken to international court multiple times and always ruled against Morocco's claims.
Despite basically the whole world recognizing this unjust occupation, neither the Soviets, the US, Europe, nor China cared to do anything and disrupt this crucial aspect of the global fertilizer industry. The only allies the Saharawi had was Algeria.
Surprisingly, the best researched documentary I've seen on this came from a Youtuber called Cogito: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T2ha4a_AuE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T2ha4a_AuE
EDIT: oh yeah and ofc Kissinger is involved in this :(
- KellyCriterion 2mo agoYou should click on the adjacent link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus#Biological_role https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus#Biological_role https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Phosphor https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Phosphor Phosphor is not renewable/regrowable and recycling is very hard/expensive. In a nutshell: The worlds food completely relies on this molekule.
- foco_tubi 2mo agoIn 2023, Israel formally recognized Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
- throw-the-towel 2mo agoSpain also supported Moroccan administration, but IDK if they actually recognised it formally.
- RobertoG 2mo agoSpain changed recently its pro-independent Sahara without a reasonable explanation. It totally feels like a betrayal. Many of us think it was because of pressures of the Americans and the Israelis.
- culi 2mo agoAh you're right. That makes two states other than morocco