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Spains prime minister sparks outrage over alleged nuclear threat against Israel
The anti-Israel Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, is under fire from Israel and Spaniards alike for his alleged comments to use nuclear weapons against the Jewish state.The socialist Prime Minister Sanchez, said in a speech last week that"Spain, as you know, doesnt have nuclear bombs, aircraft carriers, or large oil reserves," adding, "We alone cant stop the Israeli offensive. But that doesnt mean we wont stop trying. Because there are causes worth fighting for, even if winning them isnt in our sole power."Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, accused his Spanish counterpart of making a "blatant genocidal threat to the worlds only Jewish state. Apparently, the Spanish Inquisition, the expulsion of the Jews of Spain and the systematic mass murder of Jews in the Holocaust, is not enough for Sanchez."The Times of Israel reported that Spain summoned Israel's top diplomat in the country to "categorically reject the false and slanderous statements from the Israeli prime ministers office."ISRAEL'S NETANYAHU RIPS IRELAND, SPAIN AND NORWAY RECOGNIZING PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD: 'REWARD FOR TERRORISM'Juan Caldes, theEuropean advocacy coordinator at the European JewishAssociation, told Fox News Digital that, "It is beyond hypocritical and cynical to call Israel a genocidal state when one mentions how unfortunate the fact that Spain doesnt have nuclear weapons to stop Israel. That is the definition of a genocide, when there is a deliberate intent to destroy a specific group (be it ethnic, religiousor racial)."Caldez, who is Spanish, said, "Sanchez embraced the Palestinian cause in order to avoid talking about his own personal corruption scandals that surround some of his family members and also many of the corruption scandals involving many of his colleagues from the Socialist Party."He claimed, "Sanchezs coalition (of socialists and communists) have been expressing very antisemitic views since Oct. 7th."He cited Yolanda Diaz, vice president of Spain, who in a televised speech last year, said, "from the river to the sea Palestine will be free In other words, from the Jordan River until the Mediterranean state a one-state solution erasing all Jews from the land."HAMAS TERROR OUTLET QUIETLY CUTS GAZA DEATH COUNT, REVEALS MOST KILLED WERE COMBAT-AGE MENAccording to Caldes, "Sanchezs rhetoric and actions show how embedded antisemitism is part of the Spanish government. That being said, it is still important not to conflate it with the majority of the Spanish people who do not hold antisemitic views."Santiago Abascal, the leader of the right-wing Vox Party, said, "Sanchez would like to have nuclear weapons but not to defend Spain. To defend Hamas."According to statistics from The Jewish Agency for Israel in September, the size of the Spanish Jewish community numbered12,900 out of a population of just over 49 million.Last year Spain experienced "the largest increase in modern history in antisemitic speech, incidents, and attacks, up 321% compared to 2023 and 567% comparedto2022," according to a report by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Spain.Fox News Digital reached out to Spains embassy in Washington and its foreign ministry for comment.
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