The PP had never set clearly His position on Gaza As he did this Wednesday at the Congress of Deputies, adapting to the latest events of a war that lasts more than a year and a half between Israel and Hamas. And that pronouncement was from the deporties of deportation of US President Donald Trump to the order of Israeli prime minister to cut the entry of water, electricity and food to the strip where 2.2 million people live.
“We demand respect for international law and, as you know, Forced deportation has already stated that it is prohibited under international law“said the exterior spokesman of the popular group, Carlos Florianoin response to the Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albareswhich appeared to talk about the crisis in the Middle East and that has reproached them on numerous occasions their “insensitivity” towards suffering in the area. , in reference to Donald Trump’s proposal to expel the Palestinians from the strip to Egypt and Jordan.
Floriano has gone further and has listed the position of the popular group on the war that occurred after the attack of Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023, in which they lost their lives about 1,200 Israeli (mostly civilians) and 250 were kidnapped; And the posterior Israeli response, the total bombing of Gaza that has left about 50,000 deaths, mostly women and children.
“We condemn terrorist attacksresponses to attacks contrary to international humanitarian law, And a high fire is part of our demand. And the release of hostages, avoid a greater escalation of the conflict and facilitate the entry of help to alleviate the humanitarian situation, for which UNRWA must be able to circulate freely Providing all their support to citizens, “added the deputy. Israel considers that said United Nations Agency, which is the vital basis for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, is infiltrated by terrorists and has banned its performance in the occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank. In the room a popular deputy has been heard to increase the minister with a” to see if it is clear. “
In recent days, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, He has ordered to cut access to water, electricity and food to 2.2 million gazaties. On Netanyahu weighs an order of search and capture of the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes, among others the death war crime by starvation.
Minister Albares has taken advantage of one of his interventions to affirm: “Do you know what the Palestinians and Arabs say? That President Sánchez is the Authentic Lord of Peace in Europe“, He launched with respect to the diplomatic benefits of the Spanish position of recognition and support for Palestine” No other government in the world has done more for Palestine than Spain, “he concluded.
Other positions within the PP
The clarity of Floriano’s position clashes, in part, with interventions in the last year and a half that they had not been so clear and that They have been contaminated by more than a controversy. The most recent was just over a month ago when new generations wrote a message on the social network X that said: “Gaza, municipality of the province of Valencia.” The reproach had to do with the lack of execution of aid for those affected by the DANA and the advertisements sent to the strip. “If you ask for help in Arabic, they arrive before,” they added. Next, Carlos Mazón himself, ‘President’ of the Generalitat, joined that criticism: “I am very happy for the people of Gaza, really. The Generalitat Valenciana will receive zero direct aid from the government of Sánchez. ”
The national spokesman, Borja Sémper, was in charge of getting off those comparisons after a meeting in the Management Committee. In Feijóo’s team they declared that he had been “completely out of place” that comparison.
The PP leader, precisely, from the Congress gallery, addressed in April 2024 in a debate face to face with the president his position on Gaza. There, and also after statements in defense of Israel made by José María Aznar, He defended the solution of the two states agreed by the Cortes in 2014, insisting that the importance is knowing “how and when” and asking that the result out of a negotiating process and the support of most European countries.
