Israeli minister blasts Spain’s plans to recognise Palestinian state

Spain has been one of Europe’s most vocal critics of Israel’s Gaza offensive, which began on October 7 after Hamas militants launched their deadly attack into southern Israel.

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Sanchez said in March that Spain and Ireland, along with Slovenia and Malta. had agreed to take their first steps towards recognition of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, seeing a two-state solution as essential for lasting peace.

The Socialist premier is expected to announce on Wednesday the date on which Madrid will recognise a Palestinian state along with several European Union partners.

“It is important to highlight some crucial facts about the Palestinian Authority,” said Chikli.

“Not a single senior official of the Palestinian Authority has condemned the barbaric massacre of Hamas. Not a single one.”

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday. Photo: EPA-EFE

The unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas resulted in the death of more than 1,170 people in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse tally of official Israeli figures.

Out of 252 people taken hostage that day, 128 are still being held inside Gaza, including 38 who the army says are dead.

Vowing to destroy Hamas, Israel launched a blistering retaliatory offensive that has killed more than 35,000 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.

The Israeli military says 279 soldiers have been killed in the Gaza military campaign since the start of the ground offensive on October 27.

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