The campaign to label the Polisario Front as a terrorist organization has now reached the United Kingdom, with support from former British MP Liam Fox, a member of the Conservative Party. «Like Hamas and Hezbollah, the Polisario Front is an Iranian proxy organisation. For the sake of our Moroccan allies, Western governments must move quickly to designate this group a terrorist organisation», he wrote on X. Fox, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from May 2010 to October 2011, is a well-known advocate for Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. In January 2024, he urged the government of then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, also a Conservative, to adopt a «more proactive and favorable» position on the Western Sahara issue. It is worth noting that Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita welcomed Liam Fox in Rabat on May 13, 2023. Likewise, Irish Senator Gerard Craughwell, an independent, posted on the same platform: «Morocco is a beautiful peaceful country. No way can the Polisario Front be allowed to destroy Morocco as Hamas and Hezbollah destroyed the Gaza strip. We stand with Morocco». These calls from Liam Fox and Gerard Craughwell coincide with the publication of a report by the American think tank Hudson Institute, which explores the Polisario's alleged ties to terrorism. Titled «The Strategic Case for Designating the Polisario Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization», the report was praised by Republican Congressman Joe Wilson. «Grateful for this incisive analysis. Polisario must be designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization! Trump will fix it», he declared. Wilson also announced plans to introduce a bill in Congress to officially list the Polisario among foreign terrorist organizations and individuals in the United States.
