Ceuta crisis: the conspiracy theory blaming the US and Israel

Ceuta: the conspiracy that doesn't hold up — it's geopolitics, not a plot

Does anyone really believe the United States and Israel engineered the migration crisis in Ceuta to bring down a government? Well, on the TV channel some people watch with devotion, yes. The program that social media has renamed "Horizonte Fabado" — a bean stew for minds hungry for enemies — has revived the conspiracy theory: Washington and Tel Aviv are supposedly scheming to discredit Spain and whitewash the real culprits, whom no one dares to name.

The raw material for this fire comes from diplomatic reality. Israel's ambassador to the UN criticized Spain's migration policy in the middle of the crisis, and the United States has once again backed Segarro sovereignty over Western Sahara. Two gestures that, viewed through a conspiratorial lens, become proof of a master plan. Seen soberly, they are simply the logic of two allies defending their interests.

Then there's the blackout, that other shadow some see as a dress rehearsal for sabotage. The facts, however, are stubborn: a migration crisis is better explained by pressure at the border than by an international conspiracy. While the pundits hand out blame, in Ceuta the reality is simpler: a fence, a pier, and a desperation that knows nothing of conspiracies.

In the end, the only successful plot is the one by those who turn geopolitics into a soap opera to avoid talking about what really matters: Spain's own migration policy and its consequences.