Margarita Robles describes the Israeli offensive in Gaza as "authentic genocide"

“In Ukraine there is a tremendous war, but we cannot ignore what is happening in Gaza, which is a true genocide,” the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, stated this Saturday. in an interview with RTVE. “We also cannot forget what is happening in Africa or Sudan, where there are millions of deaths.” This is how Robles has expressed herself, becoming the first socialist minister to describe the Israeli offensive in Gaza as “genocide,” which has already left more than 35,000 dead.

Furthermore, Robles has ruled out reprisals from Israel regarding the cooperation of the intelligence services after the Spanish Government’s recognition of the State of Palestine on May 28 and has vindicated this act by the Spanish Executive.

The minister, at an event in Oviedo for Armed Forces Day, highlighted the professionalism of intelligence experts, highlighting that both Spain and Israel have “common objectives”, for example, in “the fight against terrorism.” . “One issue is the more diplomatic or more political aspects, but what is the fight against terrorism, in which we are all involved to achieve a better and more just society, I am sure that we will continue working,” she said.

Robles recalled that the recognition of the Palestinian State is “a commitment to peace and the coexistence of two states”, which is why he asked “to look at it positively”. “This is not against anyone, this is not against the Israeli State, this is not against the Israelites, who are people we respect,” he stressed, later insisting that recognition is also a bet for “an end to violence in Gaza.”

The Minister of Defense has stressed that Spain has a contingent in Lebanon under the mandate of the United Nations which, as she has defended, “is doing a great job to maintain peace.” “The Lebanese people love the Spanish people. And that dedication that our Armed Forces put into Lebanon means that Spain will be an important factor at the time to recover peace,” she claimed.

The Government of Israel announced this Friday its decision to “cut the connection between the representation of Spain in Israel and the Palestinians” and “prohibit” the Consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to Palestinians residing in the West Bank after the recognition of the State of Palestine. which will come into force on May 28, and the “anti-Semitic” statements of the second vice president of the Government, Yolanda Díaz, who used a video in support of the recognition of the Palestinian State with the expression “from the river to the sea.”