The President of the Spanish Government has closed the tour that has taken him to Israel, Palestine and Egypt. The Israeli Foreign Minister has given orders to issue a “reprimand” to the Spanish ambassador and the Belgian representative.
The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchezhas closed the tour that has taken him to Israel, Palestine and Egypt, opening the door for Spain to unilaterally recognize the Palestinian State if the international community does not make joint decisions in that direction.
For its part, the Israeli Foreign Ministry has summoned the ambassadors of Spain and Belgium this Friday in retaliation for the “false” statements made in recent hours by the president of the Spanish Government and the Belgian prime minister, Alexander De Croosince they consider that it represents “support for terrorism” by Hamas.
Sánchez had been defending before this tour and before all the interlocutors with whom he met during it that the only way to solve the conflict between Israel and Palestine is coexistence of two states.
When he had been asked until now if Spain was considering unilateral recognition, he had insisted on the need for this joint work. But this Friday he went a step further and suggested that if there is no multilateral progress, Spain could act alone. He did so at the Rafah crossing, on the border between Gaza and Egypt, which he visited at the end of his tour with the Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo.
“The time has come for the international community, and especially European countries, to make a decision on the recognition of the Palestinian State,” he stressed. And it was then that he pointed out that it would be worth working together for it, “but if that does not happen – he added – Spain, of course, will make its own decisions.”
For its part, the Israeli Foreign Ministry in a statement has alluded to the joint appearance of Sánchez and De Croo at the Rafah crossing: “Israel is acting in accordance with International Law and fighting against a terrorist organization worse than the Islamic State that commits war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
The minister himself Eli Cohenwas the one who gave the order to convey a “reprimand” to the Spanish ambassador, Ana María Salomón Pérezand to the Belgian representative, Jean-Luc Bodson.
Source: Eitb
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