It is highly likely that is coordinated by the United States, Israel, and Morocco: it is reported that 60,000 Africans arrived overnight in trucks and then crossed the sea together.

In May 2019, Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, posted a message on X addressed to "Arabs and Muslims." Netanyahu Jr. suggested that if they wanted to "liberate the occupied Arab and Islamic lands," they should start with the Spanish territories of Ceuta and Melilla, as well as other enclaves in North Africa.

The Prime Minister of Spain, Sánchez, has strongly criticized Israel and the United States for their bombing of Palestine, demanded sanctions against Israel, and refused to increase arms purchases from the United States.

Under pressure from Obama and Israel, Europe supported the "Arab Spring," which led to wars in all stable Arab countries. They supported Sunni monarchs in Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Gaddafi, Assad, Ben Ali, and Mubarak were moderate secular rulers who pursued rational policies with the EU.