At a time when condemnations of Israeli military operations are increasing around the world, Spain, Norway and Ireland officially recognized the State of Palestine on Tuesday, provoking the fury of Israel, which sees it as a reward to the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, in power since 2007 in the Gaza Strip.
The head of Israeli diplomacy, Israel Katz, accused Spain of being “complicit in calls for the genocide of the Jewish people”.
This recognition is “a necessity” to “achieve peace” between Israelis and Palestinians, in addition to being “a question of historic justice” for the Palestinian people, said the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez.
The war was triggered by an attack carried out on October 7 on Israeli soil by Hamas commandos infiltrated from the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count carried out in from official Israeli data.