Spanish government official calls for sanctioning Israel to stop its "genocidal assault" on Gaza

This is a big deal in Spain because she is the leader of the Podemos Party, the junior and most left-wing part of the coalition government. Irene Montero has also tweeted in support, which is also significant because she is the partner of the former leader. Podemos has been itself divided for years (there are a few stories in that alone) but it looks like the party is significantly falling behind a position to defend Gaza.

Pedro Sanchez is the Spanish PM and as the leader of the (centre-left) PSOE is now in an awkward position. The right of his own party will be heavily pro-Nato and pro-Israel. There are those in PSOE who would probably prefer a coalition with the centre-right anyway and they once orchestrated a coup against Sanchez for that reason. They never liked Podemos anyway and you don't need a crystal ball to predict that they will go on TV slagging off the lefties for breaking ranks. So one part of this story is that the Spanish government coalition will be very heavily and bitterly divided for some time to come.

Spain is also a country that doesn't like Jews.

[quote]What about the official's own possible double standard?[/quote]

Possible double-standard?

How is this even a criticism?

I could take a position on virtually anything and it could be a 'possible' double standard.

Ione Belarra, minister of social rights in Spain’s socialist-communist coalition government issued her statement on X:

[quote][Netahyahu’s] government is carrying out war crimes in the Gaza Strip—massive bombings, water and electricity cuts—they do not allow humanitarian aid to enter. … Reporting that genocide is not ‘aligning with Hamas,’ it is a democratic obligation. Silence, complicity with terror[/quote]

I see her point of view... next to the office we had a dodgy garage run by a bloke called Steve... he kept hogging our electricity so we tried to put off his potential customers.

I'm sure Israel will listen to her.

[quote]“Dignity has filled the streets of Madrid today to urge the end of the genocide that Israel is planning against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. Freedom for Palestine.”[/quote]

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[quote]What about[/quote]

🙄

Ask her not us.

I've found that if I'm going on a hunt to see who in this world is the biggest hypocrite, the first place I should check is the mirror.