2023-11-30 16:16:01
Las new statements by Pedro Sánchez about Israel After their controversial words in Egypt and before Benjamin Netanyahu himself, they have received a quick response from the Israeli Government, which has decided to call its ambassador in Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, for consultations and to reconvene the Spanish ambassador in Israel for a ” reprimand” for the “shameful” words of the Spanish president.
The statements to which the Netanyahu Government refers are part of the interview that Sánchez gave this morning to The Morning at 1 and in which he has once again demanded a Palestinian state now cast doubt on Israel’s response to savage Hamas attacks on October 7th.
After commenting on the “anecdote” that during his visit to Israel he had to “watch for twenty minutes” “very harsh” images of the “execrable” Hamas attacks, Sánchez pointed out that Israel had to be told that “it has to support its actions based on international humanitarian law”. The president added that given “the growing number of boys and girls who are dying”, has “serious doubts that they are complying”.
In response, the Israeli prime minister has decided to call the Israeli ambassador for consultations and summon ambassador Ana Salomón, emphasizing that Sánchez’s “shameful comments” They arrive on the same day as a new terrorist attack by Hamas, committed in Jerusalem, with the murder of three Israelis at a bus stop.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen to summon the Spanish Ambassador to Israel for a reprimand following the shameful comments by the Spanish Prime Minister on the day that Hamas terrorists murdered Israelis in our capital Jerusalem.
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) November 30, 2023
On the social network X, formerly Twitter, the Israeli Foreign Minister, So Cohen, has described Sánchez’s words as “outrageous” to justify calling his ambassador for consultations. He has also accused Sánchez of making “unfounded accusations.” “Israel acts and will continue to act in accordance with international law and we will continue the war until the release of all those kidnapped and the elimination of Hamas in Gaza,” he said before accusing the terrorist organization of committing “war crimes” against Israelis and also against residents in the Gaza Strip.
Following the outrageous words of the Prime Minister of Spain, who repeats baseless accusations, I decided to call the Israeli ambassador in Spain to return to consultations in Jerusalem.
Israel acts and will continue to act according to international law and we will continue the war until the release of all the abductees and the elimination of Hamas in Gaza.
There is only one factor responsible for the massacre of the seventh…— Eli Cohen Eli Cohen (@elicoh1) November 30, 2023
The Spanish ambassador to Israel was already summoned last week by the Israeli Foreign Ministry at the end of Sánchez’s trip to the area, since Israel considered that the President of the Government had made statements that amounted to “supporting terrorism” by Hamas.
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He was referring to Sánchez’s criticism of Israel from the border with Egypt, precisely on the same day and place in which the first exchange of prisoners and kidnapped people at the hands of Hamas was going to take place and which earned him a very harsh condemnation from the Israeli executive. The Hamas terrorists, for their part, reacted by congratulating the Spanish president for his “bold” condemnation of the “massacres” in Gaza.
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