Spain, Ireland & Norway to recognise Palestinian state on 28 May
Spain, Ireland and Norway announced on Wednesday that they would recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May, saying that they hoped other Western countries would...
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Spain, Ireland, Slovenia to symbolically recognise Palestinian state on 21 May
Spain, Ireland and Slovenia, plan to symbolically recognise a Palestinian state on 21 May, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (main image) said on Friday. He...
Pedro Sánchez wants Spain to recognise Palestinian State ‘this year’
Spain’s socialist-led coalition government is determined for parliament to recognise Palestinian statehood by July this year, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said during a visit to...
Spain to give an extra €20 million in aid to UN relief agency for Palestine refugees
Spain’s foreign minister said on Thursday that the country would be giving an additional €20 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for...
Spain and Ireland seek economic sanctions if Israel breaching obligations
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar have written to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, expressing deep...
Spain to increase its funding for UNRWA as other donors suspend aid
Spain said on Monday that it would give an additional €3.5 million in aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA),...
Spanish retail giant Zara pulls adverts likened to images from Gaza bombings
The Spanish fashion retail giant Zara, owned by Inditex, has pulled an advertising campaign that featured pictures of statues wrapped in white which critics said resembled...
Israel recalls Spanish ambassador after ‘outrageous remarks’ by Pedro Sánchez
The Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (main image) said on Thursday that he was recalling Israel’s ambassador to Spain over ‘outrageous remarks’ by Spanish Prime Minister...
Pedro Sánchez: ‘I have serious doubts Israel is complying with international law’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has expressed ‘serious doubts’ that Israel is abiding by international law in its war on Gaza. ‘The footage we are...
‘A question of being humane’ – Sánchez stands by Gaza comments that angered Israel
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Sunday again defended comments he made about the Israeli offensive in Gaza which angered Israel, saying ‘it was a...
