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Spain rejects Israeli claims of its officials aligning with Hamas
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Madrid has dismissed Israel’s claims that some members of Spain’s acting coalition government have aligned themselves “with Isis-style terrorism” by criticising Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to Hamas’s atrocities and suggesting Israeli forces are committing genocide and war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
On Saturday, Ione Belarra, who serves as Spain’s social rights minister and is the leader of Podemos, the junior partners in the socialist-led coalition, suggested the Spanish government should bring Netanyahu before the international criminal court to face war crimes charges.
“A violent and indiscriminate attack on a civilian population is a collective punishment that clearly violates international law,” said Garzón, who is a member of Podemos’s partners, the United Left alliance.
“It is deeply worrying that certain elements within the Spanish government have chosen to align themselves with this kind of Isis-style terrorism at a time when Israel is mourning the loss of more than 1,300 innocent men, women and children who were brutally murdered, and when more than 150 people – including women, children and elderly people – remain the captives of Hamas terrorists in Gaza,” the embassy said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday evening.
“These remarks are not only absolutely immoral, they also endanger the safety of Jewish communities in Spain, exposing them to the risk of a greater number of antisemitic attacks and incidents.”
Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU council, responded with a strongly worded statement that accused the Israeli embassy of “spreading falsehoods” about some cabinet members.
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