Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen has summoned Israel’s ambassador to Spain for consultations following controversy over comments by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who criticized the high death toll in Gaza and doubted whether Israel was “compliance with it.” International right.”
“After the outrageous words of the President of the Spanish Government, Those who repeat unfounded accusations have decided to call the Israeli ambassador to Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, to “return to Jerusalem for consultations,” Cohen announced in a message on social networks.
“Israel is acting and will continue to act in accordance with international law, and We will continue the war until all those kidnapped are freed and the elimination of Hamas in Gaza,” emphasized the Israeli foreign minister.
As he emphasized, “there is only one factor responsible for the October 7 massacre and the current situation in Gaza, and it is the terrorist organization Hamas, which is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against the citizens of Israel and its residents “Gaza Strip”.
Today, Israel also announced that it would request a “ramp” to the Spanish ambassador in Tel Aviv also following Sánchez’s comments hours earlier in which he criticized Israel’s offensive on Gaza and the extent of the devastation in the enclave.
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu“Secretary of State Eli Cohen ordered the Spanish ambassador to Israel, Ana Sálomon Pérez, to a reprimanding interview following Sánchez’s shameful statement “on the day Hamas terrorists kill Israelis in Jerusalem,” the minister said. The office of the Israeli President announced in a statement.
Netanyahu accuses Sánchez of making the comments on the same day that “terrorists” murdered three Israelis in the “capital” Jerusalem. Hamas claimed responsibility for this attack, which was carried out at a bus stop.
Ambassador Salomón was already summoned by the Israeli Foreign Ministry last week at the end of Sánchez’s trip to the region Israel considered that the Prime Minister had made statements that amounted to “support for terrorism.”
In addition, the Israeli government has summoned its ambassador to Spain for consultations. Rodica Radian-Gordon, as a consequence of the Spanish head of state’s statements, as Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen reported in a statement.
In the interview on TVE, Sánchez stressed the need for European countries that still do not recognize Palestine, such as Spain, to take this step out of “moral conviction” given the current situation in Gaza, but also because it is in the geopolitical interest the Twenty-Seven to have no second open front in addition to the war in Ukraine. The President emphasized that the solution to this conflict involves the recognition of the Palestinian state, since Israel is already generally recognized by the international community.
Sánchez assured that The relationship with this country is “right” and he defended that “friendly countries also have to say something to each other”.