The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, took advantage of the first interview since his Socialist Party stood firm in the European elections to ask international allies to continue demanding accountability from the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
It is crucial that the international community add “more pressure” to the Israeli Government to put an end “once and for all” to the war in Gaza, said the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez.
Sánchez added that southern Europe joined to the cause promoted by the South African Government to bring Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In January, the court ordered Israel to take steps to prevent any acts of genocide in Gaza.
“Obviously it is not my place to say whether or not it is a genocide, but in any case I can assure you that I have serious doubts that the Netanyahu government is respecting international humanitarian law“said Sánchez in an interview with the Spanish news program ‘Entrevista’.
The left-wing politician considered that Israel is not complyingsome resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and precautionary measures dictated by the prosecutor of the ICJ “to stop the bombings and military intervention in Rafah.”
“Unfortunately, this we are not seeing it by the Netanyahu government,” Sánchez said.
“That’s why I think it’s very important to add more pressure from the international community to end this war once and for all. This is the position of the Spanish Government“.
In May, Sánchez announced the news that his government would recognize the Palestinian State in a “historic decision”. The same decision was followed shortly after by Ireland y Norwaywhich also recognized Palestinian sovereignty.
Interview after the European parliamentary success
The statements were part of the leader’s first major interview since his Socialist Party stood firm the weekend in the elections to the European Parliament.
While most of the other parties in the national government seemed to crumble, Sánchez’s leftist group It won 20 seats of the 61 allocated to the country. However, the party was not the most supported by citizens: the right-wing People’s Party took most of the 22 seats in the European Parliament.
The extreme right party Vox came third with six legislators, compared to the four it had in the previous legislature, and the new far-right party The Party is Over (SALF) will enter the European Parliament with three seats.
“Unfortunately, in Spain we not only have one far-right party, but two,” Sánchez said.
