The nearly 5,000 people gathered on Saturday in Madrid in a rally for Palestinewhich coincided with the attacks a year ago in Israel, did not attract excessive attention in the center of the capital, where there were much larger demonstrations on other issues, but they did a significant negative impact for the Israeli government, which yesterday accused Spain has become a “paradise of hatred”.
“We are outraged and sad that Spain has become a paradise for sowing hatred and inciting the destruction of Israel,” he said yesterday. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Israeli in a message published on his social networks, with which he further widened the existing schism with the executive led by Pedro Sánchez.
For Israel, “it is unacceptable that a democratic society [como la española] allow the glorification of terrorism and the celebration of crimes against humanity perpetrated by Hamas,” the statement said, referring to the massacre committed by the terrorist group in several kibbutzim exactly a year ago.
In its message, which represents a new diplomatic conflict between the two countries, the Israeli Foreign Ministry also mentions the fact that Masar Badila Palestinian organization that considers “linked to terrorist groups like the PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) or Samidun for having chosen Madrid for its annual international congress and for the demonstration that commemorates the brutal massacre of October 7”, also denounced the Israeli embassy in Spain.
Even though Madrid was the biggest, demonstrations in favor of Palestinewhich called for a definitive ceasefire in Gaza, also occurred in other cities in Spain such as Barcelona, Valencia and Malaga. In these documents, Pedro Sánchez was invited to break relations with the “genocidal government of Israel” and to boycott the country led by Netanyahu.
