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Far-left across Europe focused instead on what they called “Israeli apartheid.”
While the vast majority of politicians from across the political spectrum of Europe have denounced Hamas massacres of Israeli civilians, many prominent far-left elected officials have continued to be unequivocally pro-Palestine as the fighting between Israel and Hamas continues.
In Spain, acting Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz, leader of the far-left party Sumar, gave a statement in support of the Palestinians on Wednesday saying she condemned “loud and clear Israeli apartheid and violence against the civilian population wherever it comes from,” during a speech at the closing of a leftist conference in Madrid, the newspaper Público reports.
Díaz was also critical of the European Commission, particularly Neighbourhood Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, who announced on Monday that the European Union would be cutting off humanitarian aid to Palestine. Díaz called the decision “outrageous” and stated that the EU should be promoting peace instead.
Spain’s acting Minister for Social Rights, Ione Belarra, also had harsh words for Israel, claiming that the country had subjected the Palestinians to “apartheid” for decades and slammed “the complicit silence in the face of Israel’s attacks against the Palestinian people.”
While some countries, like Austria and Germany, have moved to cut off aid to Palestine, Spain was among the few EU countries who rejected cutting aid.
Spain’s Acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares clarified his government’s stance on the issue saying, “This cooperation must continue; we cannot confuse Hamas, which is in the list of EU’s terrorist groups, with the Palestinian population, or the Palestinian Authority or the United Nations organisations on the ground.”
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europeanconservative.com
While the vast majority of politicians from across the political spectrum of Europe have denounced Hamas massacres of Israeli civilians, many prominent far-left elected officials have continued to be unequivocally pro-Palestine as the fighting between Israel and Hamas continues.
In Spain, acting Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz, leader of the far-left party Sumar, gave a statement in support of the Palestinians on Wednesday saying she condemned “loud and clear Israeli apartheid and violence against the civilian population wherever it comes from,” during a speech at the closing of a leftist conference in Madrid, the newspaper Público reports.
Díaz was also critical of the European Commission, particularly Neighbourhood Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, who announced on Monday that the European Union would be cutting off humanitarian aid to Palestine. Díaz called the decision “outrageous” and stated that the EU should be promoting peace instead.
Spain’s acting Minister for Social Rights, Ione Belarra, also had harsh words for Israel, claiming that the country had subjected the Palestinians to “apartheid” for decades and slammed “the complicit silence in the face of Israel’s attacks against the Palestinian people.”
While some countries, like Austria and Germany, have moved to cut off aid to Palestine, Spain was among the few EU countries who rejected cutting aid.
Spain’s Acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares clarified his government’s stance on the issue saying, “This cooperation must continue; we cannot confuse Hamas, which is in the list of EU’s terrorist groups, with the Palestinian population, or the Palestinian Authority or the United Nations organisations on the ground.”
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Leftist Politicians Refuse To Condemn Hamas
Far-left across Europe focused instead on what they called “Israeli apartheid.”
europeanconservative.com
