{"id":252192,"date":"2025-07-10T01:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T01:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/252192\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T01:15:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T01:15:15","slug":"spanish-premier-says-europe-not-doing-enough-to-stop-genocide-in-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/252192\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish premier says Europe not doing enough to stop genocide in Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OVIEDO, Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday accused Israel of committing genocide in Palestine and said Europe is not doing enough to try to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one that tramples on the EU\u2019s founding principles \u2013 or that uses hunger and war to annihilate a legitimate state \u2013 can be a partner of the European Union,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the Spanish parliament, Sanchez criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s government, saying its actions would be remembered \u201cas one of the darkest episodes of the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe horrifying images of children searching for their families under rubble, or dying of hunger in tents, should not only move us and shame us \u2013 they should compel the international community, and Europe in particular, to act,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said Spain and Ireland first requested the EU to assess Israel\u2019s compliance with the EU-Israel Association Agreement in February 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to push hard for that analysis to be carried out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Sanchez said the EU\u2019s special representative presented the report to foreign ministers on June 23, concluding that there were \u201cmore than sufficient indications\u201d that Israel had violated Article 2 of the agreement, which links cooperation with respect for human rights.<\/p>\n<p>While the EU has not taken any action against Israel, Sanchez said Spain is pushing for the immediate suspension of the agreement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we denounce (Russian President Vladimir) Putin for doing in Ukraine, we cannot allow Netanyahu to do in Palestine,\u201d he added. \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Israel has killed more than 57,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 and destroyed the enclave, making it uninhabitable.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OVIEDO, Spain Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday accused Israel of committing genocide in Palestine and said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[5340,2000,299,5187,2194,837,5338,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-252192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-european","12":"tag-gaza","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-pedro-sanchez","15":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114826295671090146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}