{"id":410542,"date":"2025-09-09T13:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/410542\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:36:11","slug":"spain-bars-two-israeli-ministers-in-retaliation-over-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/410542\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain bars two Israeli ministers in retaliation over sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> Spain on Tuesday banned two senior Israeli ministers from entering the country in response to sanctions Israel imposed on Spanish officials. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following a Cabinet meeting, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced that National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich have been added to Spain\u2019s list of sanctioned individuals. According to Albares, both ministers are directly involved in promoting Israel\u2019s military operations in Gaza, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/europe\/spain-bars-2-israeli-ministers-from-entering-country-in-tit-for-tat-over-sanctions\/3682409\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">foreign media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The move follows Israel\u2019s earlier sanctions against Spain\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz and Minister of Youth and Children Sira Rego, who are now banned from entering Israel and will no longer have official contact with Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Albares described Spain\u2019s action as a \u201creciprocal response,\u201d emphasizing that it reflects Madrid\u2019s continued opposition to the ongoing military campaign in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain on Tuesday banned two senior Israeli ministers from entering the country in response to sanctions Israel imposed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,837,141258,104,141259,141260],"class_list":{"0":"post-410542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-israeli-ministers","12":"tag-spain","13":"tag-spain-bars-two-israeli-ministers","14":"tag-spanish-officials"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115174610262212739","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410542","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=410542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}