Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced punitive measures against Spain following its recognition of a Palestinian state.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, Reuters/Johanna Geron
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced punitive measures against Spain following its recognition of a Palestinian state.
The country's consulate in Jerusalem will be prohibited from carrying out activities or providing services to the residents of the Palestinian Authority due to "incitement and the antisemitic statements of senior officials in the government of Spain," according to the Foreign Ministry.
The order will come into effect on June 1. Katz said that "those who reward Hamas and try to establish a Palestinian terrorist state will not be in contact with the Palestinians. The days of the inquisition are over."
Spain has opted for a resolutely anti-Israel position.
On Monday, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called on the 26 European countries to officially support the International Court of Justice, which is demanding that Israel stop its intervention in Rafah.
This part of Gaza is where the Hamas command and the Israeli hostages held by the terrorist organization are located.
For Spain, these considerations do not count.
The resolution passed on Wednesday by the United Nations General Assembly, calling for an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories within 12 months, represents yet another example of misguided international pressure that not only lacks practicality but also undermines prospects for a meaningful peace process.
The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that an attack on Lebanese group Hezbollah and others using exploding pagers could become a trigger for a wider regional conflict and called for its perpetrators to be identified in an investigation.
Israel's Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations that killed nine people, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters.
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