The Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, has accused Pedro Sánchez on Thursday of launching a “flagrant genocidal threat” against Israel after misrepresenting statements by the president of the Spanish government.
“The Spanish prime minister said yesterday that Spain cannot stop Israel's battle against Hamas's terrorists because 'Spain has no nuclear weapons.
“Apparently, the Spanish Inquisition, the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and the systematic and massive murder of Jews in the Holocaust are not enough for Sánchez. Incredible,” continues the declaration of the Israeli prime minister.
In his message, Netanyahu takes out the words pronounced by the Spanish president in his appearance in the Moncloa for Advertise new measures against genocide in Gaza. “Spain, as you know, has no nuclear pumps, nor has it aircraft carriers or large oil reserves. We can not stop the Israeli offensive,” said Sánchez. “But that does not mean that we are not going to stop trying. Because there are causes for which it is worth fighting, even if it is not in our only hands to win them.”
In that speech, Sánchez also stressed that Spain “will always support Israel's right to exist, to guarantee their security and to prosper”, but, “with the same conviction”, distinguish between “protect your country, protect your society” and “bombard hospitals and hunger innocent children.” Among them the measures announced by Sánchez are the legal consolidation of the embargo on arms, the prohibition of entry into Spain of people involved in these actions and an increase in humanitarian aid.
After that announcement, Israel accused the Spanish government of “anti -Semitism” and in retaliation announced the prohibition of entry into the country of Spanish ministers Yolanda Díaz and Sira Rego. In response, Albares called consultations with the Spanish ambassador to Tel Aviv to what he called “the slanderous accusations” towards Spain and the “unacceptable measures” against two members of the Executive.
Exteriors Tacha the comments of “false and slanderous”
The response of the Spanish government has not taken long to arrive. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry has labeled “false and slanderous” the comments “expressed from the office of the prime minister of Israel to Spain.”
“The Government of Spain reiterates that we immediately condemn the atrocious attack committed on October 7 by the Hamas terrorist group and we demand from the first day the unconditional liberation of all hostages. This same government made the decision to adopt the definition of anti -Semitism of the IHRA and approved the first national plan against anti -Semitism in 2023. Spain rejects any form of anti -Semitism, xenophobia. or intolerance and has hosted as nationals in recent years 72,000 Sephardim as a result of specific legislation for them, ”says the ministry directed by José Manuel Albares.
“With the same determination Spain claims the immediate cessation of endless violence in Gaza, the constant attacks against civilian population, the immediate entry of all humanitarian aid currently blocked by the Israeli government and the respect of the most basic human rights of the Palestinian population and international humanitarian law,” says the note. “Spain defends as the only way to peace, the existence of two states, Palestine and Israel, which live in good neighborhood and with reciprocal guarantees for their peace and security.”
The statement indicates that Spain “will continue to support” the work of the international courts “to clarify what is happening in Gaza since 2023, both in regards to the investigation for crimes for humanity against several Israeli leaders by the International Criminal Court and the process before the International Court of Justice against the State of Israel in the framework of the Convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide.”
Since October 7, 2023, when he began his war of punishment against the Gazatí population after Hamas attacks, Israel has killed more than 64,000 people, including more than 18,000 minors.
With EFE information.
