{"id":41,"date":"2026-04-10T16:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/41\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:08:17","slug":"israel-spain-tensions-rise-after-removal-from-gaza-ceasefire-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/41\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Spain tensions rise after removal from Gaza ceasefire body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-04-10T14:45:22+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Middle East<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused<br \/>\nSpain of defaming Israeli soldiers, warning that countries taking hostile<br \/>\ndiplomatic positions against Israel will face consequences.<\/p>\n<p>In a video statement, Netanyahu indicated that countries<br \/>\ncriticizing Israel instead of \u201cterrorist regimes\u201d would not be considered<br \/>\npartners in shaping the region\u2019s future, reiterating his rejection of what he<br \/>\ncalled hostility toward Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced<br \/>\nthat his country had removed Spain from the Civil-Military Coordination Center<br \/>\n(CMCC)*, which oversees the Gaza ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For a long time, the government of Spain under <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanchezcastejon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@sanchezcastejon<\/a> has been operating against the State of Israel in every way possible. S\u00e1nchez and his ministers level false blood libels against Israel and its army, defame and incite against Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu. The\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gideon Sa&#8217;ar | \u05d2\u05d3\u05e2\u05d5\u05df \u05e1\u05e2\u05e8 (@gidonsaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gidonsaar\/status\/2042588466026844380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 10, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Relations between Israel and Spain have deteriorated in<br \/>\nrecent years amid Madrid\u2019s criticism of Israel\u2019s military operations in Gaza,<br \/>\nwith Spain <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/World\/Spain-ends-ambassador-s-mandate-in-Israel-lowers-diplomatic-representation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">withdrawing<\/a> its ambassador from Israel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shafaq.com\/en\/Middle-East\/Spain-restores-full-diplomatic-ties-with-Iran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">restoring<\/a> diplomatic<br \/>\nrepresentation in Iran, while the dispute has also extended to military<br \/>\ncooperation, including <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/World\/Spain-shuts-airspace-to-US-jets-linked-to-Iran-attacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">closing<\/a> its airspace to US aircraft involved in strikes<br \/>\non Iran and denying access to jointly operated bases.<\/p>\n<p>*The CMCC, based in Israel, was created as part of the 2025<br \/>\nIsrael\u2013Hamas ceasefire agreement. It serves as the main operational hub for<br \/>\nmonitoring compliance, managing aid delivery, and coordinating logistical<br \/>\ntransitions. Led by the United States with participation from the United<br \/>\nKingdom, Qatar, and Egypt, the center reflects a broader international effort<br \/>\nto stabilize Gaza, with potential future contributions from the UAE, Germany,<br \/>\nJordan, and Turkiye.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-04-10T14:45:22+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Middle East On Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[33,29,34,31,32,28,17,30],"class_list":{"0":"post-41","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","9":"tag-breaking","10":"tag-cmcc","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-israel-spain-tensions-rise-after-removal-from-gaza-ceasefire-body","14":"tag-spain","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}