Israel National News
Spain announced that it will prohibit Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionists) from entering the country.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said that his government does not fear an Israeli reprisal. ‘Regarding reprisal measures, the Spanish government fears nothing. These steps are for peace and human rights.’
On Monday, Albares ordered the Spanish ambassador to Israel to return for consultations after Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar called Spain’s policies against Israel ‘hostile and antisemitic.’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also made fierce anti-Israel remarks on Monday during an address in which he announced an arms embargo on Israel. In his address, Sánchez accused Israel of ‘exterminating a defenseless people’ by targeting hospitals and ‘killing innocent boys and girls with hunger.’
Foreign Minister Sa’ar rejected the accusations outright, stating: ‘The Government of Spain is leading a hostile anti-Israeli line, with wild rhetoric dripping with hatred. The attempt by the corrupt Sánchez administration to divert attention from severe corruption scandals through a continuous anti-Israel and anti-Semitic attack is transparent.’