What caused more than 50,000 migrants to storm a Spanish enclave in Africa, and did Israel have anything to do with it?


Alex Milan Durie is a Senior Producer for Al Jazeera English
What caused more than 50,000 migrants to storm a Spanish enclave in Africa, and did Israel have anything to do with it?

The outspoken artist was detained in mid-July for ‘insulting a constitutional institution’.
![Political rapper Mehdi El Youbi was released from 18 days in jail in Morocco, after being barred from returning to France, where he’s been based since 2017. [Courtesy of supporters of Mehdi El Youbi]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/photomehdi2-1785591208.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Israel claims army blew up Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon, amid reports of blasts near UNESCO-listed fortress.

These were the updates on the US and Israel’s war on Iran from Monday, July 27, 2026.

: These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran from Sunday, July 26, 2026.
![US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 16, 2026 [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/afp_6a59995d1d67-1784256861.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran from Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

These were the updates on the US-Israel war on Iran, as well as Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon from July 19, 2026.

These were the updates from US-Israel war on Iran as well as Israel’s attacks on Gaza and Lebanon from July 18, 2026.
![The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross [File: Jayden Brown/US Navy]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/9532152_cropped-1776099339.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Activists say Moroccan authorities are intensifying repression of critical voices and the Gen Z protest movement.
![El Youbi, born in 1992, is widely known in Morocco and across North Africa for his politically-conscious rap songs that rose to fame during the early 2010s. [File: Mehdi El Youbi support committee]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/photoehdi1-1784059429.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Human rights and media freedom organisations warned that the agreement prevents ‘recourse to international courts’.
