{"id":3026,"date":"2025-07-13T15:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T15:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2025-07-13T19:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T19:50:11","slug":"a-community-under-attack-as-vox-fuels-the-flames-has-moroccan-blood-become-cheap-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/a-community-under-attack-as-vox-fuels-the-flames-has-moroccan-blood-become-cheap-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"A community under attack\u2026 as VOX fuels the flames: Has Moroccan blood become cheap in Spain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2833\" data-end=\"2964\"><strong data-start=\"2837\" data-end=\"2964\">Between Genuine Solidarity and Blind Hatred: Morocco Saves Lives in Spain\u2026 While Its Citizens Are Demonized in Tori Pacheco<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2966\" data-end=\"3044\"><strong data-start=\"2971\" data-end=\"3044\">From Tori Pacheco to Valencia: A Bitter Lesson in Political Hypocrisy<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3046\" data-end=\"3352\">As the Moroccan community in Tori Pacheco, Murcia, was being subjected to a wave of xenophobic hysteria over an unresolved incident involving an elderly man, Morocco \u2013 from its King to its institutions and citizens \u2013 was extending a hand of solidarity to Spain, reeling from deadly floods in the southeast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3354\" data-end=\"3622\">Just a few hundred kilometers away from the racist rhetoric targeting Moroccan immigrants, Moroccan rescue teams were arriving in Valencia with 25 aid trucks and over 70 emergency responders, following royal directives to assist Spain in the aftermath of storm \u201cDana\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Systematic assaults and incitement against the Moroccan community in Torre-Pacheco, and the exploitation of an isolated incident to turn Moroccans into political scapegoats. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QEaYpXNgQF\">pic.twitter.com\/QEaYpXNgQF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Diplomatique.ma \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0628\u0644\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0633\u064a\u0629 (@diplomatique_ma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diplomatique_ma\/status\/1944478754413191385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3624\" data-end=\"3674\"><strong data-start=\"3628\" data-end=\"3674\">A town under fire, a community scapegoated<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3676\" data-end=\"3918\">Tori Pacheco, long known for peaceful coexistence between Spaniards and immigrants, became a hotspot of hate. Unverified accusations, fake videos, manipulated images \u2013 all weaponized by far-right party VOX to paint Moroccan youth as a threat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3920\" data-end=\"4117\">And worse still, these narratives weren\u2019t confined to social media. Political figures echoed them publicly, calling for mass expulsions and spreading fear in what resembled a modern-day witch hunt.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4119\" data-end=\"4160\"><strong data-start=\"4123\" data-end=\"4160\">Morocco acts. Spain stays silent.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4162\" data-end=\"4426\">Meanwhile, Morocco\u2019s humanitarian aid was on the ground, operating with efficiency and dignity. Yet, not a single official Spanish statement condemned the rising hate speech targeting Moroccans, nor was there any gesture of support toward the community under fire.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4428\" data-end=\"4474\"><strong data-start=\"4432\" data-end=\"4474\">A double standard no longer acceptable<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4476\" data-end=\"4581\">Why is Moroccan solidarity accepted in times of need, yet Moroccan dignity ignored in times of injustice?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4583\" data-end=\"4614\">Why must goodwill be one-sided?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4616\" data-end=\"4714\">And what does this say about bilateral ties when one side\u2019s citizens are vilified without defense?<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4716\" data-end=\"4773\"><strong data-start=\"4720\" data-end=\"4773\">Conclusion: Morocco douses flames, VOX fuels them<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4775\" data-end=\"4876\">In the same week, Morocco saved lives. VOX spread hate.<br data-start=\"4830\" data-end=\"4833\" \/>And the Spanish authorities? Chose silence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4878\" data-end=\"4901\">But one thing is clear:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"4903\" data-end=\"4981\">\n<p data-start=\"4905\" data-end=\"4981\"><strong data-start=\"4905\" data-end=\"4981\">Dignity cannot be traded. 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