A “disgraceful” video from Israel is inflicting an uproar

Following Spain’s proposed recognition of Palestine, the diplomatic battle with Israel is intensifying. On Sunday, Spanish International Minister José Manuel Albares dismissed a video posted on X by his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, as “disgusting” and “disgraceful”. You will note footage of a Hamas terrorist assault on October 7, 2023, interrupted by scenes of a pair dancing flamenco and the inscription “HAMAS: GRACIAS ESPAÑA” (“Hamas: Thanks Spain”).

“Nobody will scare us, and we is not going to interact in provocations that may take us away from the trail of peace,” Albares mentioned within the 18-second video in Brussels on Sunday. Simply the day earlier than, the Spaniard had requested on Israel to right away finish the navy operation in Rafah within the southern a part of the Gaza Strip, as beforehand ordered by the Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ), Spanish Protection Minister Margarita Robles dismissed Israel additionally accused it of “genocide” in Gaza.

Spain is certainly one of Europe’s harshest critics of Israel’s navy actions in Gaza. The left-wing authorities in Madrid suspended arms exports to Israel final October. This was adopted on Wednesday when Spain, Norway and Eire introduced they wished to acknowledge a Palestinian state. The federal government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was livid and summoned the ambassadors of the three nations to the Ministry of International Affairs to reprimand them. On Friday, Israel introduced restrictions on the work of Spanish diplomats within the nation.