A year after recognizing Palestine, Spain is reaffirmed to lead the pressure for Gazacuando, this Wednesday, the first anniversary of the recognition of the Palestine State by Spain by Spain, the government reaffirms in its decision and now step on the accelerator with the pressure to the international community to add more countries and with new measures that force Israel to stop the war in Gaza is reaffirmed. +, which brought together more European and Arab countries that promote the solution of two states, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, defended, among other things, the immediate suspension of the association agreement between the EU and Israel and decree an embargo on the sale of weapons to Israel. This anniversary is celebrated at a time when Israel’s offensive in Gaza Hamas terrorists of October 7, 2023, marks a good part of the international and national political agenda and is one of the usual reasons of the partisan confrontation to the right and left. At the recognition of the Palestinian state on May 28, 2024 with the borders of 1967, a step that Spain took in a coordinated way with Ireland and Norway, followed the anger of the Israeli government and the deterioration of bilateral relations, To the point that Israel withdrew its ambassador to Madrid and has not returned. The president, Pedro Sánchez, who made this decision for reasons “of peace, justice and coherence”, then defended and continues to maintain that the only possible way to the conflict in the Middle East is the solution of two states, Israel and Palestine, where appropriate with a corridor that communicates Gaza and the West Bank, with this Palestine in front. The decision of Spain has not implied the opening of an embassy in Palestine and, therefore, diplomatic relations have been carried out through the Consulate in East Jerusalem. During this year, Spain has not ceased to boost an international peace conference on the nearby East and has been increasingly involved in the Palestine cause, as it has been reflected in the steps that the Executive is taking United Nations of June 17 in New York is “a great movement” of recognition of the Palestinian State so that those countries that have not done so. Another example of the involvement of our country is their unequivocal support to the International Criminal Court, which has issued arrest orders against the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, and other members of his cabinet for crimes against humanity of the Arab League, where he promised to promote with Palestine a resolution to stop the war in Gaza and allow the entry of humanitarian aid. By all this, the Executive is considered flag bearer in Europe of the recognition of Palestine as a state, which will help, among other things, “to build a safer and more stable Mediterrane More than 54,000 dead, most civilians, and of them more than 16,200 children. These figures, together with the famine situation caused by the blockade to the entry of humanitarian aid, seems to be stirring to the European Union, which last week agreed to review the association agreement with Israel, after a petition backed by 17 of the 27 partners, including Spain, which had already requested it with Ireland. Processing of a law promoted by adding and other groups to allow the embargo of arms trade to countries that commit genocides, war crimes or crimes against humanity, such as Israel, although the government recognizes that there would be complications for its application. Although at the same time, it has been forced to give explanations for some armament purchase contracts to Israeli companies, 46 for more than one billion euros, according to some forces of the left Signed after Israel began the war in the strip despite its commitment not to do so, including one of acquisition of ammunition to an Israeli company, which was canceled last month after becoming public. (EFE) (Tagstotranslate) War
