The President of the Government, Pedro Sanchezasked the European Commission this Friday to be “consistent” and to verify that if Israel does not respect international law and human rights on which the association agreement with the European Union (EU) is based , “There is only one solution: review this agreement”.
“The agreements must be respected in letter and spirit and this is the basis of our credibility before the world,” Sánchez said in a statement in Paphos, Cyprus, where the leaders of the Mediterranean countries of the region gathered . European Union (EU) to fight against immigration and the war in the Middle East.
Sánchez recalled that he sent a letter with this request in February to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyensigned with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, and insisted on the need for action: “Let’s be consistent.”
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Sánchez has been outspoken with Israel, calling the attack by Jewish troops on the headquarters of the FINAL in Lebanon, where a total of four peacekeepers were injured by the offensives of Thursday and Friday. All Spanish soldiers assigned to the peace mission in Lebanon, about 650they are fine.
Sánchez, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni signed a joint statement expressing outrage over Israeli attacks on UN positions in southern Lebanon.
The President of the Government asked Israel “the cessation of all the violence from which the Blue Helmets unfortunately suffer” and called for “recovering diplomacy and dialogue” to put an end to the “cycle of violence”.
“No just and lasting international order can be lifted by shrapnel and cannon fire,” Sánchez said.
Weapons shipping
He also called on the international community to suspend arms shipments to Israellike Macron did last week.
“Spain has not sold weapons since the start of the war. Without weapons there is no war,” Sánchez said.
Macron also condemned the Israeli offensive against UN soldiers and demanded explanations from Tel Aviv. Spain, France and Italy summoned Israel’s highest officials in their countries to demand explanations for the actions of Netanyahu’s troops.
The Spanish president once again recalled that there are already more than 40,000 dead in Gaza and Lebanon due to Israeli attacks, according to local authorities, and more than three million displaced.
In this context, he considered that at the next European Council, the EU must demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon; the cessation of violence in the West Bank; and the release of all hostages held by the terrorist group Hamas.
He also insisted on the “two-state solution”, one Israeli and the other Palestinian, and on the holding of a peace conference.
“There will be no lasting peace without addressing the root causes of the conflict,” he recalled.
Finally, he appealed to the international community. “We cannot nor should we sit idly by. This would be politically unforgivable and morally unacceptable. This would amount to calling into question international humanitarian law,” he concluded.
