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Monday, August 31, 2026
Sa’ar accuses Sanchez of ‘brazen lie’ over Spanish PM’s claim of Israeli misinformation on Ceuta
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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accuses Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez of “lying shamelessly” about Israel to distract from domestic affairs, after the premier claimed earlier today that Russian and Israeli social networks were spreading “misinformation” about a rush of migrants to the enclave of Ceuta a month ago.
“This is a brazen lie,” Sa’ar writes on X, adding, “Continuing to spread defamatory lies will not distract from Sánchez’s disgraceful failure to manage his country’s affairs.”
Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon is lying shamelessly.
In his interview with Cadena SER today, he lied again, astonishingly accusing Israel of disseminating misleading information regarding the events in Ceuta.
This is a brazen lie.
Continuing to spread defamatory lies will not… pic.twitter.com/Jb6RxciCdR
— Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) August 31, 2026
Sanchez told Cadena Ser radio this morning that “after July 30 and 31, there was a spread of rumors and disinformation” about Ceuta “from social networks linked both to Russia and to Israel, and to an ultra-right international that always uses migration not only to attack Spain, but also to attack Europe and divide it.”
Sanchez has repeatedly come under fire from Israeli officials over his harsh rhetoric and punitive measures against Israel since Hamas’s October 7 attack and the war in Gaza.
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