Spain requested to intervene in the ICJ genocide case against Israel's operations in Gaza. The ICJ judges' order to Israel last month to halt its Rafah operations was a landmark emergency ruling.
For an actual Palestinian state to come into existence and be more than just a name on a placard identifying a speaker at the UN General Assembly, Israel will need to acquiesce.
Spain’s own anti-Zionism – tainted by its historic and faintly regretted torturous antisemitism – makes the country’s sense of “justice” a tad suspect.
“I’m in favor of France recognizing a Palestinian state, but not necessarily tomorrow,’’ European Parliament member (MEP) Bernard Guetta told The Jerusalem Post.
It took no moral courage but a lack of a moral compass to officially declare recognition for a state that has no defined borders, no democracy, and no economy.
Santiago Abascal criticized PM Pedro Sanchez for being disconnected from reality and the Spanish people, accusing him of acting "out of personal political needs."
Israel “has wrongly sought to portray” unilateral Palestinian statehood recognition “as a reward for terrorism and a boost for Hamas. This could not be further from the truth,” he said.
The move, which Israel has criticized, will see increased diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority, and Spain announced that it would recognize east Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital.
"We are not going to fall into provocations. The video is scandalous and execrable," Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told a news conference in Brussels.
"This is again hopefully a source of encouragement for these countries to take the necessary courageous step," Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Mohammad Mustafa said.
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