Spanish premier calls Israel ‘genocidal state,’ says Spain ‘does not do business’ with it

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spanish-premier-calls-israel-genocidal-state-says-spain-does-not-do-business-with-it/3568216

by andyom89

30 comments

  1. He is not wrong. What is happening in Gaza is nothing less than genocide.

  2. Shhh, maybe Germany might stop doing business with you. They are committed to the genocide both politically and militarily.

  4. I don’t know if it’s a genocidal state but it’s currently committing genocide. That really shouldn’t be disputed because it’s obviously f-ing happening.

  5. I mean… If you are a state. And you commit genocide. What does that make you?

  6. There needs to be more politicians within the West to say this.

    There is a dangerous comparison now being drawn across the rest of the world that ties European support for Israel as a continuation of colonialism and that the only reason Europe stands up for Ukraine and not Palestine is the colour of their skin.

    What will we say in 10 years time when thousands have been starved to death and forced from their homes? We intervened in Yugoslavia. Why not here?

  7. let it be said he said this when a newspaper is having daily revelations of corruption among his close family (wife and brother) and his (to say the least) questionable involvement in using public money to rescue a company that belongs to a personal friend. He is clearly doing this to divert attention from his domestic problems and it will probably come back to bite his ass eventually…

  8. Ahhh – to call a spade…. a spade. Finally somebody with a sense of justice and a pair of cojones. He has mandate to do this you know, by the International Court of Justice and out common decency and respect for humanity.

    Hope he has side hustle and access to a counter-intelligence-plastic surgeon, because Mossad and the Israeli lobby are coming for him😬

  9. What are we gonna call genocide now that war = genocide?

  10. Really would have been relatively easy for Israel to use the ongoing hostage situation to continue blowing up stuff in Gaza while maintaining a facade of moral ambiguity – saying that they are trying to let in food aid to the population as much as possible and oh “sorry about blowing up another hospital, but there was a terrorist facility underneath,” etc.

    Instead Trump got elected and Netanyahu got cocky. Now he’s on TV just casually like “Hey, we’re gonna do a little genocide by the way. All these people here – they’re going to disappear and then we’re going to replace them with other people.”

  12. Spain does business with Israel.

    He is trying to score political points. I guess it’s working.

  13. Israël should get sale sanctions as Russia but hey they are on “our” side (read: America) so it’s okay…

  14. Respect. If only we had leaders like that. Instead we have Trump and a bunch of shit libs.

  16. Irish and Spanish deserve medal of honour for not fallowing other European sheepish countries on this matter.

  19. Voto a Vox pero cuando dice estas cosas es mi puto Presidente Don Pedro Sánchez Castejón y yo soy su soldado mas leal 🫡

  21. As much of an effort as Israel pumps into online disinformation it’s crazy to look back a couple of years ago and see the change in language used by politicians and media around the world. Israel is being referred to in a similar way to apartheid South Africa now. Only crackpots defend Israel’s actions in Gaza.

  22. In 2024 Spain imports nearly $1bn of products from Israel. In the same year Spain exported $1.79bn of products to Israel. In January 2025 Israel exported goods worth $55.9m and imported $121m worth. Seems a lot of “not doing business”. I agree with the sentiment but it’s just lip service at this point.

  23. Nice try, Pedro.

    Spanish business definetely does business with Israel.

  24. But they do, in fact, do business with Israel. Like many other countries who say they are against the genocide. I’d wager if these countries actually stopped trading with Israel the war wouldn’t last all too long.

  25. Time for Israel to be just another country, responsible for its deeds. Yes, Hamas are terrorists, but that is not excuse for levelling the whole of Gaza. Russia would do that, Assad did it, Saddam Hussein’s Irak would do that. But Israel has to do better if they expect to receive western support.

  27. As far as I’m aware Israel’s government still has an opposition that is actually an opposition and not a bunch of puppet parties.

    Not to be whataboutistic about it, but right now Russia would be the genocidal state. And I doubt talking like this is going to help out the opposition in Israel if not just straight undermines it.

  28. I live in jerusalem we got now train and gusse were they are made???

  30. Are Spaniards going to get angry about the use of the word “premier” the way Canadians did yesterday?

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