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Spain and Italy urge EU to impose sanctions on Israeli minister after detention video sparks outrage

News Desk21st May 202625th May 2026

21st May 202625th May 2026655

Spain and Italy have urged the European Union to impose sanctions on Israel’s far-right national security minister after he shared footage of detained activists from...

Spain’s Javier Bardem blames ‘toxic masculinity’ of Trump, Putin, Netanyahu for fuelling wars

News Desk17th May 202620th May 2026

17th May 202620th May 2026788

Spanish actor Javier Bardem, who has been receiving widespread acclaim for his latest film performance, criticised what he described as the ‘toxic masculinity’ of Donald...

Sánchez: Eurovision boycott over Israel’s participation puts Spain ‘on right side of history’

News Desk17th May 202619th May 2026

17th May 202619th May 20261051

Updated on Sunday 17 May at 13h. Spain’s boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s war in Gaza places the country ‘on the right...

Israeli minister accuses Lamine Yamal of ‘fomenting hatred’ for waving Palestinian flag during Barça’s celebrations

News Desk14th May 202619th May 2026

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Spain and FC Barcelona star player Lamine Yamal has come under criticism from Israel’s defence minister after waving a Palestinian flag during celebrations for Barça’s...

Spain joins Ireland and Slovenia in boycotting Eurovision TV broadcast over Israel’s participation

News Desk12th May 202617th May 2026

12th May 202617th May 2026911

Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia announced Monday they will not air this week’s 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest, joining a boycott over Israel’s...

Spain and Brazil demand release of flotilla activists as Sánchez accuses Israel of ‘illegal abduction’

News Desk2nd May 20266th May 2026

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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has accused Israel and Benjamin Netanyahu of an ‘illegal abduction’ after two activists were detained at sea, insisting Madrid will...

Spain urges EU to suspend Israel agreement, but bloc remains divided

News Desk22nd April 202627th April 2026

22nd April 202627th April 20261030

Several European countries, including Spain and Ireland, urged the European Union on Tuesday to suspend its cooperation agreement with Israel, but were unable to secure...

Sánchez on Netanyahu: ‘His contempt for life and international law is intolerable’

News Desk9th April 202614th April 2026

9th April 202614th April 20262701

Spain on Thursday issued a forceful condemnation of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon and the wider conflict involving Iran, reinforcing Madrid’s position as one of the...

Spain’s PM condemns Israel death penalty law as ‘step towards apartheid’

News Desk31st March 20266th April 2026

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday denounced a newly approved Israeli law introducing the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks as a...

Pedro Sánchez: Middle East conflict ‘much worse’ than 2003 invasion of Iraq

News Desk25th March 202630th March 2026

25th March 202630th March 20261479

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned on Wednesday that the ongoing war in the Middle East represents a scenario ‘far worse’ than the 2003 invasion...

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