The boomerang effect of insulting another country after having suffered a serious attack

Many Spaniards are feeling offended, quite rightly, by certain comments they are reading on social media.

Historical facts for the uninformed about Spain and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla
Pedro Sánchez's betrayal of Spain's allies and its effects on Ceuta and Melilla

Following the migratory invasion suffered yesterday by Spain in Ceuta, and as was to be expected, some Israeli citizens have begun to criticize Spain, using ridiculous arguments in which they accuse Spain of having two colonial territories in Morocco or propose that Spain be divided between two states to solve the problem. The most serious message of this kind was written yesterday by Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the UN, in which he stated: "Spain, which never misses an opportunity to lecture Israel, has declared a state of emergency in Ceuta following the crisis over its immigration policy. Maybe before it continues lecturing us, it’s time it explained to the world why it still maintains colonial enclaves in Africa."

Yesterday I replied to Danon reminding him that the UN has never considered Ceuta and Melilla as colonial enclaves because they have belonged to Spain since long before the Kingdom of Morocco existed, and warning him that, with messages like this, the Israeli government is shooting itself in the foot and offending many Spaniards who support Israel. Fortunately, this morning the Israeli Embassy in Spain disavowed Danon, stating: "We are closely following the situation in Ceuta. The comment made by the Israeli ambassador to the UN on this matter does not represent the position of the State of Israel."

We must thank the Embassy of Israel in Spain for its message today. Obviously, Danon has made the mistake of confusing a country with the actions of a government, something that understandably bothers many Spaniards, because many of us reject the policies of Pedro Sánchez's government and have been supporting the State of Israel. For my part, I will continue to support Israel because Danon's clumsy and foolish message does not invalidate the arguments I have been making for years about the only true democracy in the Middle East, which is also the only country in that region where Christians enjoy genuine religious freedom and, moreover, a bastion of defense for the West against Islamist barbarism.

As a Spaniard, I must say that the reaction of some Israelis at a time like this was more than predictable. In fact, it was so predictable that in March I warned here about the effects that Sánchez's betrayal of friendly countries could have on Ceuta and Melilla. I specifically cited the case of the Jewish state, pointing out that the Kingdom of Morocco takes great care of its strategic alliances, while the Sánchez government has dedicated itself to destroying them, especially with regard to two countries friendly to Spain like Israel and the United States, but also with regard to other NATO countries.

Let us remember that Sánchez dedicated himself to generating tensions within the Alliance to please his pro-Russian allies and to try to capture the vote of the extreme left. Now we are reaping the poisoned fruits of Sánchez's disastrous attitude: in the last few hours, the governments of Italy, Denmark, Finland, and the Czech Republic have proposed suspending the Schengen Agreement on Spain due to the risks posed by the Spanish government's irresponsible migration policy to our European partners.

In the case of the Middle Eastern country, Sánchez has slandered Israel for months, accusing that country of "genocide," an accusation he did not level against Russia, which has been systematically murdering Ukrainian civilians in a large-scale war of aggression that began on February 24, 2022. Sánchez has dedicated himself to to break all bridges between Spain and Israel, a democratic country, while maintaining them intact with the Islamist dictatorship of Iran, a terrorist regime that has dedicated itself to massacring its own people.

The most serious thing is that Sánchez has done all this after Israel suffered the biggest terrorist attack in its history, perpetrated by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and which was also the worst anti-Semitic massacre since the Holocaust. A massacre that Sánchez's far-left partners refused to condemn and that one of Sánchez's ministers, Sira Rego, even justified. Let us recall that in September 2025, when less than two years had passed since that serious terrorist attack, Sánchez regretted not having "nuclear bombs" to use against Israel. In addition, and in case anyone has missed this, the Sánchez government has encouraged the biggest wave of antisemitism in Spain in decades.

Let's imagine for a moment what our reaction would be if Spain and the Spanish people had been the victims of such a hate and slander campaign, directed not only from the top of a political party, which would already be serious, but from the government of a Western country, a government that has dragged Spain's name through the mud by aligning our country with the interests of Hamas terrorists and their Iranian backers. The anti-Spanish messages we now see from Israeli citizens on social media are the consequences of Sánchez's actions, and if you want to find someone responsible for those messages, don't go to Israel: go to La Moncloa, the palace where the President of the Spanish Government resides. He is the one who has poisoned the relationship between Spain and Israel, generating the boomerang effect we are now suffering.

Furthermore, I find it very striking that some Spaniards, including politicians, who remained silent in the face of Sánchez's slander against Israel, who said absolutely nothing when that socialist leader lamented not having nuclear weapons to use against the Jewish state, who kept quiet when the Spanish Jewish community saw their homes and even the graves of their dead attacked, are now rushing to blame Israel for an act of hybrid warfare committed by Morocco, using as an argument those messages from Israeli citizens.

This is already ludicrous, though not funny at all: their hatred of Israel leads them to blame that country for something done by a Muslim country from which hundreds of thousands of Jews had to flee, due to the mistreatment they suffered in Morocco even before its independence (let's remember the anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada in 1948 in which 47 Moroccan Jews were murdered). In the end, what is clear is that anti-Semitism doesn't need arguments to feed on itself: hatred is enough, that hatred that many have nurtured for years and that the Sánchez government has openly promoted, destroying the bonds of friendship between Spain and Israel, with the lamentable consequences we are now seeing.