MADRID: The Colonial defence secretary said on Saturday that the conflict in Gaza is a “real genocide”, as relations between Israel and Spain increase following Madrid‘s choice to accept a Palestinian state. Reuters could n’t immediately reach Israeli officials for comment on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath.
Israel has strongly rejected accusations made against it by South Africa at the International Court of Justice ( ICJ) that it is committing a genocide against Palestinians, saying it is waging war on the Hamas militant group which unleashed an attack on Oct 7.
The note by Spanish defence secretary Margarita Robles in an interview with TVE state television echoed a post by Spanish deputy prime minister Yolanda Diaz who earlier this year even described the Gaza issue as a holocaust. ” We may disregard what is happening in Gaza, which is a true murder,” Robles said. She also said Madrid’s acknowledgment of Palestine was certainly a walk against Israel, adding that it was designed to help “end murder in Gaza”.
