{"id":170614,"date":"2025-06-09T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/170614\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:50:13","slug":"spain-summons-senior-israeli-diplomat-over-gaza-flotilla-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/170614\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain summons senior Israeli diplomat over Gaza flotilla raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong> Spain\u2019s Foreign Ministry summoned Israel\u2019s top diplomat in Madrid today to protest the interception of the Freedom Flotilla in international waters. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The ministry told Spanish daily\u00a0El Pais\u00a0and broadcaster\u00a0Cadena Ser\u00a0it had summoned Dan Poraz, charge d\u2019affaires at the Israeli Embassy in Madrid, after Israeli forces intercepted the flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a> reports citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20250609-spain-summons-top-israeli-envoy-over-gaza-flotilla-raid\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">foreign media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Among the passengers was Spanish activist Sergio Toribio.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe ministry is in contact with the Spanish national involved, his family and Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry, and is providing consular assistance,\u201d it told\u00a0El Pais.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Poraz is the highest-ranking Israeli diplomat in Spain after Tel Aviv recalled its ambassador amid Madrid\u2019s criticism of the occupation state\u2019s military assault on Gaza and recognition of Palestinian statehood.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was the second time in three weeks that the Israeli envoy had been summoned.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On 21 May, the Foreign Ministry protested the Israeli occupation army\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20250521-israeli-army-opens-fire-to-intimidate-foreign-diplomatic-delegation-in-west-bank-palestinian-official\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gunfire targeting<\/a>\u00a0an international diplomatic delegation in the occupied West Bank, which included a staff member from the Spanish Consulate General in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Earlier, Israeli soldiers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20250609-israeli-navy-seizes-gaza-bound-aid-flotilla-arrests-those-on-board\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kidnapped 12 unarmed activists<\/a>\u00a0on board the\u00a0Madleen, including one journalist, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an international NGO, which organised the mission, said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Freedom Flotilla Coalition sent the 18-metre\u00a0Madleen\u00a0from Catania, Sicily, Italy, to break the blockade in Gaza and deliver aid.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A total of 12 people are on board, including 11 activists and one journalist.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Among them are Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, French-Palestinian Member of the European Parliament Rima Hassan, Yasemin Acar from Germany, Baptiste Andre, Pascal Maurieras, Yanis Mhamdi and Reva Viard from France, Thiago Avila from Brazil, Suayb Ordu from Turkiye, Sergio Toribio from Spain, Marco van Rennes from the Netherlands and Omar Faiad, a journalist with Al Jazeera Mubasher, also from France.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The ship is carrying urgently needed supplies for the people of Gaza, including baby formula, flour, rice, nappies, women\u2019s sanitary products, water desalination kits, medical supplies, crutches, and children\u2019s prosthetics, according to its organisers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s Foreign Ministry summoned Israel\u2019s top diplomat in Madrid today to 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