Spain’s Ione Belarra: Israel must end ‘genocide’ of Palestinians in Gaza
2023-11-10 09:43:10 source:The Aljazeera
November 8, 2023
Madrid, Spain – In an interview with Al Jazeera, a Spanish minister has called on the international community to sanction Israel, which she accused of a “planned genocide” of Palestinians in Gaza.
Ione Belarra, the Spanish minister for social rights and leader of the far-left Podemos party, also condemned world leaders for an apparent double standard – saying while human rights abuses in Ukraine have been decried, there is a “deafening silence” on the victims of Israeli bombardment.
“The Israeli state must end this planned genocide against the Palestine people,” Belarra said on Wednesday.
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