The Polisario Front, which is seeking, with the support of Algeria, to establish an independent state in Western Sahara, considered that Israel's decision to "recognize Morocco's sovereignty" over this disputed region has "no value."

The Sahrawi "Ministry of Information" said in a statement published by the official Algerian News Agency, "This decision, from Israel or others, has no legal or political value."

The statement added that the Israeli decision "will only increase the determination of the Sahrawi people to continue their national struggle on various fronts."

On Monday, the Moroccan royal court announced that the Hebrew state had decided to "recognize Morocco's sovereignty" over the territory of Western Sahara, referring to a message in this regard sent by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu's office confirmed to AFP the contents of the letter.

In its statement, the Polisario warned of "the serious repercussions of the Israeli-Moroccan alliance, and the endeavor to exploit the war in Western Sahara to implement joint subversive security and military agendas aimed at destabilizing the security and stability of the North African region and the Sahel in general."

The front denounced "the Zionist entity's recognition of Morocco's alleged sovereignty over Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa," stressing that "this 'non-event' par excellence constitutes a new step within the framework of the lowest and most heinous kind of barter."

And she considered that this recognition "does not constitute any gain for the Moroccan occupying state, but rather a clear condemnation of it by confirming the alliance of the two discordant states, the military occupiers of Western Sahara and Palestine."

She also believed that the Israeli decision "carries with it mockery and disregard for the feelings of millions of the brotherly Moroccan people who hold Palestine and Jerusalem in their hearts."

Western Sahara is a former Spanish colony, Morocco controls 80 percent of its territory and proposes to grant it autonomy under its sovereignty, while the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia al-Hamra and the Valley of Gold "Polisario" calls for a referendum on self-determination.

The Israeli decision in support of Rabat came in the context of continued tension between Morocco and its neighbor Algeria, which severed diplomatic relations with the Kingdom in the summer of 2021.

At the heart of these tensions is the dispute over Western Sahara, over which Morocco and the Polisario Front have been locked in a dispute since 1975.

The Kingdom of Morocco and Israel have been working to strengthen their relations since their normalization in late 2020 through a tripartite agreement, which also included the United States' recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara.