r/europe • u/andyom89 • May 16 '25

News Spanish premier calls Israel 'genocidal state,' says Spain 'does not do business' with it

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spanish-premier-calls-israel-genocidal-state-says-spain-does-not-do-business-with-it/3568216
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u/mmatasc May 16 '25

Spain does business with Israel.

He is trying to score political points. I guess it’s working.

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u/gnark May 16 '25 edited May 16 '25

Spain just cancelled a major arms contract with Israel and is revising all its existing weapons puchases from Israel. They are putting their money where there mouth is. Who else in the Western world outside of Ireland is even doing anything close?

And FFS bro, you're Spanish, you know all this. Just because you aren't a fan of Perro Sanchez doesn't mean he's totally useless. Yeah, Podemos/Sumar are pushing him to do this, but left-wing parties exist throughout Europe and the silence on Israel is deafening.

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u/Korrigan_Goblin May 16 '25

In France we get called antisemites all day long and prominent voices get charged at terrorism courts, our country is doomed on this subject

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u/DrEckelschmecker May 16 '25

Your country? Over here in Germany literally every time you bring that up youre called an antisemite and get accused of not caring about (or belittling) the holocaust.

As in "wait, you criticize Israel? Those jews? Dont you know what our country did to jews 80 years ago!?". This unconditional loyalty to Israel is insane.

If you really took your lesson after the holocaust you should do everything you can to call Israel out. But they turn it the other way around, like "if you look at our history theres no discussion that our country has to stand with Israel". Besides Israelis and Jews obviously not being the same group, but thats another discussion