Relations between Israel and Spain are once again experiencing a very tense moment due to the attitude of the Sánchez government towards Palestinian terrorism.
This new disagreement is related to a fact hidden by practically all of the Spanish media (it has only appeared in Counting Stars and in La Gaceta, despite ACOM's public complaint): the government's permission for a Palestinian terrorist group to demonstrate in Madrid. A group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which is on the European Union's list of terrorist groups and that on October 7 openly supported the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, as we saw yesterday here.
The association Action and Communication on the Middle East (ACOM), which was the one that denounced that demonstration, published last night a letter sent by the Minister of Diaspora and Fight Against Antisemitism of the Israeli government, Amichai Chikli, to José Manuel Albares, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain. The letter is dated January 25. This is the letter in question (click on the image to enlarge it).
For your interest, I offer you the full text of the letter below:
H.E. José Manuel Albares Bueno Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation
Kingdom of SpainMinister,
I would like to ask the Spanish Government to address an issue, which should trouble us all.
The Palestinian Front of the Liberation of Palestine, FPLP in the Spanish acronym- is an active Palestinian terrorist organization, recognized as such by Israel and other Western countries, including the EU and Spain itself. However, we are witnessing the PFLP and its representatives acting openly in Spain. In addition to Layla Khaled, member of the terrorist organizations bureau that was invited to Barcelona by the City Council, there are representatives of this murderous terrorist group participating in public events in Spain and defending its means and ends. The PFLP is even displayed as an organizer of a public demonstration in Madrid on Jan 27th, with no consequences to the authorization of such demonstration by the Ministry of the Interior or others.
Another group associated with the PFLP, Samidoun, also calls on demonstrations and acts publicly in Spain in spite of its terrorist connections being well publicised and exposed. These facts led to the organization being banned in Germany and the terrorist affiliation of the group being discussed in the European Parliament. In a recent demonstration supported by Samidoun in Madrid after the October 7th massacre, leaders of such group publicly proclaimed incitement against the Jews and open support for terrorism, both criminal offences under the Spanish Penal Code, again with no consequences against them. Samidoun Spain is also one of the organisers of the aforementioned rally in Madrid on Jan 27th, and in their call they use a video praising one of Hamas's top terrorists and the head of Hamas's military wing, Muhammad Deif.
In addition, a recent report written by my office's division of research shows that another organization active in Spain and with links with both the PFLP and Samidoun, Masar Badil, publicly supported the October 7th massacre that started Israel's war with Hamas and even blamed Israel and Zionism for leading to the atrocities carried out by Hamas.
The research also deals with the connection between Masar Badil, Hezbollah and Iran through the Spanish TV channel Hispan TV, funded by the Iranian regime.
Fighting antisemitism and the related terror is a key element shared by democracies all over the world. Defeating them will only occur if we stand together as a solid wall against the extremism. I ask you to take tangible measures, so that your Government moves against Masar Badil, Samidoun and the PLFP activities in Spain.
Sincerely,
Amichai Chikli
Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism
At the end of the letter, the Israeli minister indicates that with it is attached "the Spanish version of the investigation and Report on the Madrid rally (27.1)", convened by the terrorist group PFLP and which, surprisingly, has been authorized by the government. Let us remember that the PFLP has links with the Communist Party of Spain, a party to which two ministers in Sánchez's government belong. In any other European country something like this would cause a huge scandal. In Spain he is silenced while the government spends more money than ever on institutional advertising to obtain the favor of the media.
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Photo: Efe. Pedro Sánchez with his Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
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