The PP sides with Israel and not with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, who today was attacked by the Israeli government for having condemned the Hamas attacks on his trip to Israel, but for having criticized the way in which the government Israel has responded to these attacks carried out on October 7.
PP sources stressed this afternoon that you cannot do what Sánchez has done on his trip to the Middle East, and specifically his words in Rafah, where he opened the door to the recognition of Israel. These criticisms come after learning of Israel's accusations against the President of the Government, and the decision of the Israeli government to summon the Spanish ambassador in Tel Aviv, to express its protest against the words of the president, whom it accuses of "supporting terrorism." .
"Traveling to Israel to offend Israel is the opposite of diplomacy - PP sources underline -. Going invited to an ally's house to offend him is the worst letter of introduction for Spain," they conclude. The PP remembers that the same thing has happened with Algeria, and now with Israel. "Sánchez destroys friends for our country. He is reckless in foreign policy."
According to the same sources, "Sánchez should not hinder the European consensus, with the European Union and with NATO," as well as the consensus in Spanish foreign policy. For the PP, the President of the Government "has traveled to Israel so that the offense to his host, Netanyahu, will solve a problem of lack of coherence in his own Government, and has created a problem for Spain."
The PP highlights that Pedro Sánchez "to be the last one to go, and create a conflict, it would be better not to have gone." In the opinion of the Popular Party, the president "has put the interest of his government coalition ahead of the interest of his country", and has turned his trip "into something counterproductive not only for the interests of Spain, but also of Europe."
The PP wanted to remember its position of "support for Israel and its right to combat terrorism" while making it clear that it "supports the rights of the Palestinian people", while "demanding respect for the life and safety of the innocent and the immediate release of the kidnapped".
Along the same lines, the general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, has published a message on her conclude that "Well, that's just what he did."
