{"id":54989,"date":"2025-09-08T15:26:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=54989"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T23:27:31","slug":"spain-announces-arms-embargo-on-israel-and-other-steps-to-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/08\/spain-announces-arms-embargo-on-israel-and-other-steps-to-stop-the-genocide-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Announces Arms Embargo on Israel and Other Steps ‘to Stop the Genocide in Gaza’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez on Monday announced a series of nine new measures \u2013 including a total arms embargo \u2013 aimed at pressuring the government of fugitive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “to stop the genocide in Gaza<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

S\u00e1nchez, who leads the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), announced the steps during a speech in which he first acknowledged the historical suffering of the Jewish people, which includes the 1492 ethnic cleansing<\/a> of Jews from Spain.<\/p>\n

“The Jewish people have suffered countless persecutions, deserve to have their own state, and to feel secure,” S\u00e1nchez said. “That is why the Spanish government has condemned Hamas’ attacks from day one.”<\/p>\n

However, “there is a difference between defending your country and bombing hospitals or starving innocent children,” the prime minister continued. “This is an unjustifiable attack on the civilian population, which the [United Nations] rapporteur has described<\/a> as genocide.”<\/p>\n

“Sixty thousand dead, two million displaced, half of them children,” S\u00e1nchez said. “This is not self-defense, it is not even an attack\u2014it is the extermination of a defenseless people and a violation of every international law.”<\/p>\n

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Espa\u00f1a est\u00e1 y estar\u00e1 en el lado correcto de la historia.<\/p>\n

Damos un paso m\u00e1s y emprendemos nueve acciones adicionales para detener el genocidio en Gaza, perseguir a sus ejecutores y apoyar al pueblo palestino. pic.twitter.com\/GIk8XoWWO6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Pedro S\u00e1nchez (@sanchezcastejon) September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n