Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned “terrorism in all its types” on Tuesday on the second anniversary of the Hamas assault on Israel and urged an finish to “the genocide” in Gaza.
Sánchez, some of the vocal critics in Europe of Israel’s offensive within the Palestinian territory, decried the “horrible assaults” carried out by Hamas which sparked the warfare on October seventh 2023.
“It’s a day to reiterate our robust condemnation of terrorism in all its types, to name for the fast launch of the Israeli hostages,” the Socialist chief wrote on X.
“And to demand that (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu cease the genocide of the Palestinian individuals and open a humanitarian hall,” he added.
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Sánchez additionally reaffirmed that the two-state resolution was the “solely potential” approach to finish the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian battle.
Sánchez has known as for Israel to be barred from worldwide sporting occasions in response to the nation’s offensive in Gaza and not too long ago accepted a “whole” arms embargo on Israel.
Lawmakers had been on account of vote on this embargo on Tuesday.
However this was postponed to Wednesday in order to not coincide with the anniversary of the Hamas assault, in response to Spanish media stories.
Israel’s embassy in Spain had criticised the plan to vote on the arms embargo decree on the Hamas assault anniversary, calling it “a cynical and reprehensible determination” in a letter launched late on Monday.
