“A paradise to sow hatred and incite the destruction of Israel.” This is how Israel described Spain after the celebration in Madrid of the congress of the Masar Badil movement, an organization that Israel considers “linked to terrorist groups” and which this Sunday was one of the organizing entities of one. walking through the streets of the capital against the “genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
“It outrages and saddens us that Spain has become a paradise for sowing hatred and inciting the destruction of Israel“, said the Israeli Foreign Ministry on the social network ‘X’, where it stated that “Masar Badil, an organization linked to terrorist groups such as the PFLP and Samidoun, chose Madrid for its annual international congress” and that the demonstration was intended to commemorate the Hamas attacks on October 7.
“It is unacceptable that a democratic society allows glorification of terrorism and the celebration of crimes against humanity perpetrated by Hamas”, concludes the Israeli press release, an accusation to which the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jose Manuel Albaresresponded this Monday, specifying that “it’s not in its place» and recalling that “Spain has a prosecutor’s office and judges” to whom they can turn in the event of a possible hate crime.
“Spain is a country of tolerancewhere one can of course live freely and have freedom of expression and where any form of incitement to hatred, of course anti-Semitism, is not only widely rejected by the whole of Spanish society but is also included in the Penal Code”, he declared. .the head of Foreign Affairs.
In statements to RTVE, Albares also recalled that “Spain has a public prosecutor’s office and judges” and ” if anyone considers that any type of crime of incitement to hatred or anti-Semitism may have been committed, they can contact the prosecutor’s office. ““This is why these crimes exist and we have a plan for the first time in our history against anti-Semitism.”, had an impact.
This This is not the first diplomatic clash between Israel and Spain since Tel Aviv launched its bloody military offensive in the Gaza Strip a year ago: the Israeli government even accused the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, of reward terrorism and severely attacked the Spanish decision to recognize Palestine as a state.
Condemnation of Spain on the anniversary of the Hamas attack
The minister also reiterated the Spain’s condemnation of the October 7 attacksof which this Monday marks the first anniversary, as well as the call for a ceasefire and commitment to two-state solution as a path to peace between Israel and Palestine.
With this in mind, and coinciding with the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks, the The Spanish government issued a statement official in which “remembers and reiterates his most categorical condemnation of the atrocious attacks Hamas terrorists of October 7, 2023 and expresses its solidarity with the families and friends of the victims, particularly remembering Maya Villalobo and Ivan Illaramendithe two murdered Spanish citizens”.
“After a year, the Government expresses its solidarity with the relatives of the hostages still kidnapped and demands their immediate release. ceasefireTHE release of hostagesaccess of humanitarian aid to civilians and an end to violence”, continues the Foreign Affairs note, in which the Executive “also reiterates its determination to fight against anti-Semitism and all forms of hatred and discrimination.
“The government is determined to continue working for peace in the Middle East and to make progress in implementing the two-state solution live together in peace and security, the best guarantee of stability for all in the region,” he concludes.
