In a move that could prove costly, the Israeli government has erupted in anger after the prime ministers of Spain and Belgium criticized Israel for its attacks on Gaza in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel — even going so far as to accuse the two countries of “support [of] terrorism.”
The diplomatic crisis started with remarks by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Belgian PM Alexander De Croo on their two-day swing through Israel, Palestinian territory and Egypt.
The pair held a joint press conference at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing into Gaza. First acknowledging that “Israel has the right to defend its citizens,” De Croo said “too many civilians have been killed” in Gaza. “We cannot accept a society [being] destroyed the way the society of Gaza is being destroyed… The military operation that Israel is conducting to stop the […]
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