King Felipe VI has done Wednesday since the gallery of the United Nations General Assembly Your most direct call to Israel To end the tragedy in Gaza. “We cry out, we implore, we demand: Stop this massacre”he said in his speech in the UN debate.
“We cannot keep silent, nor look the other way, before the devastationbombings, even hospitals, schools or refuge places; before so many deaths among the civilian population; or before the famine and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of people …, with what destiny? ”, The monarch has raised, who has spoken of “Aberrant acts that are in the antipodes “of what the UN represents.”They disgust human consciousness and embarrass the whole of the international community, ” He added.
The king has put his words in a context of historical and respectful relationship with Israel, remembering among other things the pride of Spain for its Sephardic roots. But that has not reduced his Firm and demand tone. “No more deaths in the name of such a wise and so old people, which has suffered so much throughout history,” he said.
Felipe VI, during his speech at the UN Assembly. / DPA via Europa Press
The monarch has returned to condemn “flatly the execrable terrorism of Hamas And especially that brutal massacre of October 7, 2023 against the Israeli population “and has recognized” Israel’s right to defend himself. “But” with the same firmness, “said his demands:” That the Government of Israel Apply unreserved humanitarian law throughout Gaza and the West Bank. We demand that humanitarian aid arrive without delays, a high fire with guarantees and the immediate release of all hostages that still retains hamas with such cruelty, ”said Felipe VI, that he has also advocated because the international community assumes his responsibility to” realize as soon as possible a viable solution that contemplates the existence of the two states.
“He Palestine state recognition On the part of a growing number of members of our organization, to which Spain joined last May, it must help achieve a fair and final regional peace, based on the application of the resolutions of the United Nations and also in the universal recognition of the state of Israel, “he has proclaimed ..
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