Thousands of migrants poured into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta this week, killing at least 18 and overwhelming local authorities. Spain’s Interior Ministry refused to declare a national emergency. And, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon posted a tweet seen by 3.6 million people rubbing Spain’s nose in it.
That sequence of events may not be coincidental.
Geopolitical analyst Bruno Maçães — a former Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs — noted on X that analysts at Israeli-funded think tanks had explicitly argued in April 2026 that Israel should help Morocco take over Ceuta as direct retaliation against Spain. The Ynet News analysis Maçães cited framed Morocco’s longstanding territorial claim on Ceuta as a lever Israel could pull against Madrid for its anti-Israel foreign policy.
Hellbound and Down 