Israel has summoned for Thursday a Warning meeting with the Spanish ambassador to the countryAna Salomón Pérez, after the “hard statements” of the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez.
The call of the ambassador occurs after Sánchez said Wednesday in the Congress of Deputies that his government does not trade “with a genocidal state”, in response to the accusations of the spokesman of the Catalan party Esquerra Republicana, Gabriel Rufián, that the Executive merchants “with a genocidal state, like Israel.”
“I point out one thing, Mr. Rufián. We do not trade with a genocidal state. We do not, and I think that the other day from this tribune I specified precisely what we were talking about when talking about some things that do not fit the truth,” said Sánchez.
For its part, the Spanish Foreign Ministry did not want to comment on it, although this would not be the first time that Solomon is convened since the terrorist attack of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the subsequent Israeli military response in the Palestinian enclave was produced.
Buying weapons
The statements respond to the controversy triggered by the purchase of Israeli armament in the midst of the offensive that Israel is carrying out in the Gaza Strip. On April 24, Sanchez announced the termination of a bullet purchase contract to an Israeli company to preserve the coalition with its leftist government partner.
It was a contract with the IMI systems company for the Purchase of 15 million bullets for the Civil Guard Spanish for 6.6 million euros. After the announcement of the termination, Israel “vigorously” condemned the government’s decision, considering that it was “sacrificing security considerations for political reasons.”
As the Israeli Foreign Ministry said, with its decision The Spanish government continued “on the wrong side of history” And it was positioned “against the Jewish state, which defends itself from terrorist attacks on seven fronts.”
Israel, without ambassador to Spain
Israel Follow for the moment without ambassador to Madrid After his representative in Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, was called to consultations in May 2024 following the recognition of the Palestinian State. By then, it was already known that he retired in July and had been designated a successor, Zvi Vapni.
However, Vapni did not take possession of his position, since the Israeli government did not give green light to its transfer to Madridand was finally appointed ambassador to the Netherlands. The Benjamin Netanyahu government has not sent another diplomat since then, although it does not close the door for this to occur soon, according to Europa Press.
