Spanish PM repeats baseless genocide claims, siding with failed Palestinian leadership while ignoring Hamas atrocities.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez sharply intensified his anti-Israel stance on Wednesday, declaring that those he claims are responsible for Gaza’s “devastation” must be “held accountable”—a pointed political message delivered while hosting Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas at La Moncloa Palace. The remarks, published by Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, continued Sánchez’s habit of echoing narratives favored by Arab regimes and Palestinian factions while overlooking Hamas’ long record of terror and human rights abuse.
Amid the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Sánchez claimed Gaza had endured a “terrible year,” asserting that most homes were uninhabitable and civilians were suffering—even after the ceasefire. He went so far as to repeat the discredited accusation that “genocide” was underway, despite Israel’s unparalleled efforts to minimize civilian casualties while confronting Hamas’ entrenched terror infrastructure deliberately built beneath schools, mosques, and hospitals.
Although Sánchez avoided naming Israel directly, the target was unmistakable. For two years he has positioned Spain as Europe’s most vocal critic of Israel, repeatedly leveling accusations of “indiscriminate killings” and “violations of international law.” Each time, Jerusalem firmly rejected the claims, summoning the Spanish ambassador in 2023 after Sánchez promoted falsehoods used to delegitimize Israeli self-defense.
Sánchez has also repeatedly ignored Hamas’ responsibility for the conflict—the October 7 massacre, the use of human shields, the theft of humanitarian aid, and the systematic oppression of Palestinians under its rule. Instead, he continues to uplift Abbas, whose own PA remains mired in corruption, incitement, and refusal to condemn terror.
On Wednesday, Sánchez again endorsed a two-state model detached from current realities and announced three objectives: keeping the Palestinian issue in public discourse, boosting the PA’s political role, and collaborating with European and Arab partners to impose externally crafted security conditions. He concluded with the declaration that “Spain and Palestine will always walk hand in hand,” signaling Madrid’s continued alignment with Ramallah.
In 2024, Spain, Norway, and Ireland recognized a “State of Palestine,” despite its fractured governance, internal abuses, and refusal to halt terror incentives.
Sánchez’s latest comments underscore a growing rift between Israel and a small bloc of European leaders who prefer symbolic gestures and accusatory rhetoric over confronting the root cause of Gaza’s suffering: Hamas’ ongoing war against Israel and its exploitation of its own population for terror.
