Spain rejects Israel’s suggestion it should accept Palestinians from Gaza

By Reuters and ToI Staff 6 February 2025, 10:13 am

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Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares rejects the suggestion by Defense Minister Israel Katz that Spain should accept displaced Palestinians from Gaza.

“Gazans’ land is Gaza and Gaza must be part of the future Palestinian state,” Albares says in an interview with Spanish radio station RNE.

In ordering the IDF this morning to prepare a plan to enable Gazans to voluntarily leave the enclave, Katz specifically mentioned potential destinations such as Spain, Ireland, Norway and other countries that have leveled “false accusations” regarding Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, arguing that if these nations refuse to accept Palestinians, “their hypocrisy will be exposed.”