The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, appeared this Tuesday in the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies to report on the open conflict in the Middle East. And he has done so by emphasizing that "Israel's security is intertwined with the hope of the Palestinian people. And that horizon of hope is the Palestinian State," he stressed.
Albares has endorsed the position of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, who, after urging Israel to "comply with international humanitarian law after the unbearable death of civilians in Gaza", has advocated for a solution that involves the recognition of two States. .
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has defended working "for the integration of Israel with its Arab neighbors, but also for the recognition of the Palestinian State that 136 other countries in the world have already done, to materialize the two-state solution." A direct allusion to the PP on whose "loneliness in the international sphere" the socialist parliamentary group has focused on seeing how Sánchez's position is in line with "all world leaders."
Anticipating that the right would attack him for the statement issued by Hamas thanking Sánchez for his "clear and bold stance" on the war in Gaza, Albares anticipated the retorts to emphasize that Hamas "is a terrorist organization that does not represent the Palestinian people." ". So he has asked that no one in the House "confuse them."
"The Israeli victims, the Palestinians, the displaced Gazans, the number of homes and essential infrastructure destroyed and damaged are unbearable. This spiral of violence must be broken. Spain calls for a lasting ceasefire and the release of hostages," he concluded. the foreign minister.
The PP's reply has been given by the PP's Deputy Secretary of Institutional Affairs, Esteban González Pons, who has warned that "when Israel and Hamas are put on an equal footing" a "moral injustice is committed because they are not comparable enemies." "One is a State as democratic as ours, the other is a murderous gang that does not recognize Israel's right to exist, that has never renounced terrorism to achieve its political objectives and that is in open rebellion against the Palestinian National Authority. ", has added.
The PP leader has admitted that the two-state "solution" would ensure lasting peace and constitutes "an incentive to achieve a safe Israel and a viable Palestine", but he has warned that the PSOE and Sumar Government cannot "aim to impose the Palestinian State" without it being part of an agreement with Israel.
