US Snub Sparks Controversy as Moroccan Foreign Minister Faces Diplomatic Embarrassment

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By: Dr. Hana Saada
Nasser Bourita

US Snub Sparks Controversy as Moroccan Foreign Minister Faces Diplomatic Embarrassment

โœ๏ธ ๐“‘๐”‚: ๐““๐“ป. ๐“—๐“ช๐“ท๐“ช ๐“ข๐“ช๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ช

ALGIERS โ€“ February 21, 2026 โ€“ The Moroccan authorities are experiencing one of their most difficult periods on the international stage, as their challenges no longer appear limited to legal proceedings in European courts but now also include what observers describe as recorded diplomatic embarrassments and broad international criticism over violations of womenโ€™s rights and restrictions on freedom of expression.

Activists and international affairs observers circulated a video described as embarrassing for Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, filmed on the sidelines of a Peace Council meeting. The footage showed him in what was portrayed as an awkward situation while attempting to open communication with his US counterpart, Marco Rubio.

โ€œAvoiding Engagementโ€

According to the leaked clip, Moroccoโ€™s top diplomat attempted to approach the American official and exchange conversation in a manner some commentators described as overly accommodating. Rubio appeared unresponsive and, according to interpretations circulating online, deliberately ignored Bouritaโ€™s presence. In a moment that drew widespread mockery, the US official wiped his mouthโ€”a gesture interpreted by some as dismissiveโ€”before leaving the area, while Bourita appeared disoriented before media cameras.

Political Signals Behind the Scene

Some analysts interpreted the incident as carrying broader political implications, including:

  • Declining Favor: Moroccoโ€™s expectation of unconditional support from Washington appears to be meeting a new diplomatic coldness.

  • Body Language: Turning away in diplomatic settings is often read as signaling the end of discussion or unwillingness to offer concessions or commitments.

  • International Isolation: Bouritaโ€™s appearance alone after Rubioโ€™s departure was interpreted by some observers as reflecting a decline in the standing of Moroccan diplomacy in forums requiring equal engagement rather than overtures of approach.

The episode comes amid mounting pressure on Rabat, which critics say is trying to promote what they describe as diplomatic successes while cameras reveal different scenes inside international decision-making circles.

Legal Pressure

This diplomatic tension coincides with legal challenges, as documents revealed that the royal palace sought the services of British experts from SRi Forensics in response to a paternity case led by Jane Benzakin, who claims to be the daughter of the late Moroccan king Hassan II.

While Moroccan officials questioned physical resemblance through technical reports, Benzakinโ€™s legal team insists that a DNA test is the only decisive solution. The case, according to critics, raises questions not only about royal family legacy but also about credibility before Belgian and American courts.

Arrest of Activists Draws Criticism

Domestically, authorities faced criticism following the detention of activist Zineb Khroubi at Marrakech airport after arriving from France. Khroubi, accused of online incitement, is viewed by supporters as part of a broader pattern of targeting Moroccan women activists.

Among names cited by activists as facing prosecution or imprisonment are Saida Alami, Ibtissam Lachgar, and Nouzha Majdi, who they say have been detained over political opinions.

The organization Democratic Left Federation Women condemned what it described as a dangerous escalation, stating that targeting women for their views violates Moroccoโ€™s constitution and represents an attempt to intimidate society.

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๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐““๐”ƒ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ป ๐“ฃ๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ช ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ซ๐“ต๐“ช๐”ƒ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“๐“ต๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ท ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ณ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ท๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ถ, ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ-๐“บ๐“พ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐”‚ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“๐“ป๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ, ๐“•๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฑ, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“”๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฑ. ๐“ฆ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ท ๐Ÿ“ˆ 500,000 ๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ฌ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ด๐“ผ, ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ท๐“ด๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฏ๐“ต๐“พ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ช ๐“น๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ถ๐“ผ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ป๐”‚.

๐Ÿ† ๐“๐”€๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“น๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฌโ€™๐“ผ ๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐”ƒ๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ฏ๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ช๐“ต ๐“™๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ท๐“ช๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฒ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“”๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ฌ ๐“Ÿ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ฐ๐“ธ๐“ป๐”‚ (๐Ÿ—“ ๐“ž๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ป 22, 2022), ๐““๐”ƒ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ป ๐“ฃ๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ฐ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐”ƒ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ฎ๐”๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐”‚.

๐Ÿ“ฑ ๐“œ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐““๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฑ:
๐Ÿ”ด 600,000+ ๐“จ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฃ๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ผ๐“ฌ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ
๐Ÿ”ต 6 ๐“ถ๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท+ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ผ ๐“•๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ซ๐“ธ๐“ธ๐“ด ๐“น๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ผ
๐Ÿ“ธ 70,000+ ๐“˜๐“ท๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ถ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ

๐ŸŽฅ ๐“ž๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฏ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ-๐“ธ๐“ฏ-๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ-๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฝ ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ผ, ๐““๐”ƒ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ป ๐“ฃ๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ซ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฑ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐“น๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ฐ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ถ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ, ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ต๐“พ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ:
๐Ÿ—ž ๐“๐“ฎ๐”€๐“ผ | โšฝ ๐“ข๐“น๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ผ | ๐ŸŽญ ๐“”๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ | ๐Ÿ•Œ ๐“ก๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท | ๐ŸŽจ ๐“’๐“พ๐“ต๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐“•๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ด ๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐”€๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฎ๐”๐“ฌ๐“ต๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฎ๐”€๐“ผ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“น๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“ฐ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฏ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ถ ๐“น๐“ธ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ผ, ๐“ซ๐“พ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฎ๐“ผ๐“ผ, ๐“ช๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ผ, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ, ๐““๐”ƒ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ป ๐“ฃ๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ผ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ผ ๐“ช ๐“ด๐“ฎ๐”‚ ๐“น๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ถ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป ๐“น๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ต๐“ฒ๐“ฌ ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฌ๐“ฒ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ฐ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ.

๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐“˜๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“น๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฝ ๐“ผ๐“น๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ผ ๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต๐”‚, โ€œ๐““๐”ƒ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ป ๐“ข๐“น๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฝ,โ€ ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ณ๐“ธ๐”‚๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ฎ๐“ป 50,000 ๐“ญ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ญ๐“ธ๐”€๐“ท๐“ต๐“ธ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ผ ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ช ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ฒ๐“ช๐“ต ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ซ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎโ€”๐“ฏ๐“พ๐“ป๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“น๐“ต๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ถโ€™๐“ผ ๐“ถ๐“พ๐“ต๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ช ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“น.

๐ŸŽ–๏ธ ๐“—๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“œ๐“ฎ๐“ญ๐“ฒ๐“ช ๐“›๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ผ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“น ๐“๐”€๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ ๐“ซ๐”‚ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฏ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“œ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“’๐“ธ๐“ถ๐“ถ๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท, ๐“œ๐“ธ๐“ฑ๐“ช๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“›๐“ชรข๐“ฐ๐“ช๐“ซ, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฌ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ซ๐“ป๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ญ ๐“ช๐“ฝ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“—๐“ฒ๐“ต๐“ช๐“ต๐“ผ ๐“ธ๐“ฏ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ฃ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ฟ๐“ฒ๐“ผ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท ๐“ช๐”€๐“ช๐“ป๐“ญ๐“ผ, ๐““๐”ƒ๐“ช๐“ฒ๐“ป ๐“ฃ๐“พ๐“ซ๐“ฎ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“พ๐“ฎ๐“ผ ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐“ต๐“ฎ๐“ช๐“ญ ๐”€๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ท๐“ธ๐“ฟ๐“ช๐“ฝ๐“ฒ๐“ธ๐“ท, ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฏ๐“ต๐“พ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ฌ๐“ฎ, ๐“ช๐“ท๐“ญ ๐“ฒ๐“ถ๐“น๐“ช๐“ฌ๐“ฝ.

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