Israel Reprimands Madrid over Minister’s ‘From the River to the Sea’ Remarks
- Israel summoned Spain’s chargé d’affaires over Youth Minister Sira Rego’s support for a Palestinian state “from the river to the sea.”
- Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the slogan implies eliminating Israel and accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government of a “systematic anti-Israel policy.”
- Israel announced that Dutch diplomats would be expelled from Ramallah after the Netherlands banned goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
- Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said he “deeply regrets this unnecessary decision,” while explaining that the ban followed international-law obligations.
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Spain's youth minister Rego spoke of a Palestinian state "from the river to the sea". Now Israel reacts. The incident exacerbates the diplomatic tensions between the countries.
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Israel summoned the person responsible after the Spanish Minister of Youth to defend a "free Palestine from the river to the sea". MNE Israelite says that position supports the "elimination of the State of Israel".
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