Palestinians access to Spanish consulate cut, Israel retaliates to recognition of Palestine

Israel has decided to retaliate after three European nations, Spain, Norway and Ireland, decided to recognize Palestine as state. This comes amid Israeli offensive on Gaza to eliminate Hamas terror group.

I issued a severe Démarche for the ambassadors of Spain, Ireland, and Norway in Israel following their governments’ decision to award a gold medal to Hamas terrorists who kidnapped our daughters and burned infants.

During the Démarche, the ambassadors will watch a video of the… pic.twitter.com/hWDPLinJV7

— ישראל כ”ץ Israel Katz (@Israel_katz) May 22, 2024

Israel Katz, the Foreign Minister of the Jewish state, posted on X to say, “In response to Spain’s recognition of a Palestinian state and the antisemitic call by Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister to not just recognize a Palestinian state but to ‘liberate Palestine from the river to the sea,’ I have decided to sever the connection between Spain’s representation in Israel and the Palestinians, and to prohibit the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to Palestinians from the West Bank. If this ignorant, hate-filled individual wants to understand what radical Islam truly seeks, she should study the 700 years of Islamic rule in Al-Andalus—today’s Spain.