A look at the deteriorating relations between Spain and the Zionist regime

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” “Zurich Saitong News” in an article discussed the increasingly dark relations between Spain and the Zionist regime and raised the question why the relationship between Israel and Spain has declined to its lowest level?

It is further stated in this article: A series of unnecessary provocations at the highest levels of government since October 7 has severely affected the relations between Spain and Israel. But the relationship between this Catholic country and the Jewish Zionist regime has always been difficult.

About a year ago, the Spanish government approved a plan to fight anti-Semitism. Prejudices and stereotypes against the Jewish community in Spain still exist, says the introduction of the 52-page plan. In this plan, it is stated that anti-Semitism in social networks and incitement of hatred should be dealt with by any means possible. But today, there is not much left of these resolutions.

This article continues: When “Pedro Sanchez”, the Prime Minister of Spain announced last week that Spain recognizes Palestine as an independent state, Yolanda Díaz, a partner of the left Somar coalition and deputy prime minister, also openly announced her position.

In a statement about this decision, he said: Now the European Union must be pressured to end the existing contracts with Israel and the flow of money to this regime. He ended his speech with a pro-Palestinian slogan that “the land will be free from the sea to the river”.

Israeli is now banned in Germany, and other western countries are also discussing its ban. gave In response to Katz’s position, the Foreign Minister of the Zionist regime described Diaz, the Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, as “hateful and ignorant”.

Friday imposed restrictions on the work of Spanish diplomats in the country. According to Katz, the Spanish Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Spanish Consulate General in East Jerusalem will be prohibited from providing their services to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank by Israel.

But the ministry The foreign ministry of the Zionist regime did not leave this issue there. The ministry released a video on Platform X showing Hamas attacking Israel while two Spaniards are dancing, and a slogan in which Hamas thanks Spain.

This is the latest exchange and the lowest point in diplomatic relations between the two, which have steadily deteriorated since the October 7 attack by Hamas.

It is further stated in this article: Spain is considered one of the most critical countries in Europe towards the Zionist regime, and sympathy for Palestine has a long tradition in this country. Therefore, the recognition of Palestine as an independent country also has wide support among the people. According to the latest poll by the Real Instituto Elcano, 78 percent of Spaniards now support the measure. Many Spaniards also consider Hamas not as a terrorist organization, but as a resistance organization. The Spanish left is acceptable and sometimes even reaches the government.

Recently, Sierra Rego, the Spanish Minister of Youth from the Left Alliance of Somar, participated in one of the many pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Madrid. did He is also one of the fascinating guests at the so-called “Palestinian solidarity camps” in Spanish universities, where calls for academic boycotts against Israeli educational and research institutions are made.

“Pablo Bustindoy”, the Minister of Social Affairs of Spain, also recently asked all Spanish companies that operate in the occupied territories not to participate in the “genocide in Palestine” with their business.

In this situation, the Association of Jewish Communities in Spain warned about a month ago that anti-Semitic attacks in Spain have increased after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. According to the leadership of this association, criticizing the Zionist regime is legitimate, but the indiscriminate display of the war in Gaza has created an anti-Jewish atmosphere.

Unlike Germany or France, currently There are no statistics on attacks on Jews or Jewish institutions in Spain. The last time Observatorio Antisemitismo listed eleven such cases was in 2021, and the numbers have not been updated since then.

The author went on to write: Relations Spain and Israel have always been associated with conflicts and disputes. There are historical reasons for this. At the end of the 15th century, the Catholic Monarchs began to expel all Jews from Spain who did not convert to Christianity. At that time, more than 100,000 Jews were forced to seek refuge in North Africa, the Balkans, and other parts of Europe. Until 1968, a new synagogue in Spain opened for the first time in Madrid.

When the fake Zionist regime was established in 1948, Spain under Franco Was. The ruler of this country at that time was looking for relations with Arab countries and decided not to recognize this regime in order to gain their support. But even after his death in 1975, it was another eleven years before Spain established diplomatic relations with Israel. This country was one of the last western countries to do this. On the other hand, Spain’s top democratically elected politicians always openly expressed their sympathy with the Palestinian people.

In 1991, Spain unexpectedly assumed the role of mediator in the Middle East conflict. He took over and organized a peace conference in Madrid that culminated two years later with the Oslo Accords. Those times seem far away now.

The Zionist regime last week expelled its ambassadors from Spain, Norway and Ireland after the three countries announced Palestine is recognized as an independent country. When leaving Madrid, Zionist diplomat Rodika Radian Gordon said that she hopes the friendly ties between Israel and Spain are stronger than the voices of those who seek the separation of the two countries.

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