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Monday, September 8, 2025
Spain’s PM condemns Jerusalem terror attack, notes Spanish victim
Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expresses his “strongest condemnation” of the shooting attack by Palestinian terrorists in Jerusalem this morning that killed six Israelis, including a Spanish citizen.
“I wish to convey my condolences to the Israeli people and, in particular, to the families of the victims, among whom is the Spanish citizen Yaakov Pinto,” writes Sanchez in a Spanish-language post on X.
“Violence is not the way. We are convinced that peace in the Middle East is possible,” he adds.
At the same time, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar blasts Sanchez on X for taking measures against Israel on the same morning that Pinto, a recent immigrant from Spain, was murdered.
“At the very same time that [Sanchez] attacked Israel — Palestinian terrorists attacked and murdered six Israelis, among them [Pinto]” writes Sa’ar on X.
“Sanchez and his twisted ministers who justified the [2023 Hamas-led] October 7 massacre, has long since chosen to stand with Hamas and against Israel. Disgraceful!” Sa’ar continues.
Sa’ar’s remarks come after Sanchez announced nine measures against Israel this morning, including an arms embargo and a ban on Israeli goods from the West Bank, in response to what the premier described as a “genocide” by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza.
Shortly before Sanchez’s announcement, Sa’ar issued a lengthy statement accusing Spain of antisemitism and announcing sanctions on two Spanish ministers, saying that the rhetoric they have issued since October 7 amounts to incitement to violence against Israelis and calls for the destruction of Israel.
Madrid rejected the accusations of antisemitism.
At the very same time that Spanish Prime Minister @sanchezcastejon attacked Israel – Palestinian terrorists attacked and murdered six Israelis, among them Yaakov Pinto, a new immigrant from Spain.
Sánchez and his twisted ministers who justified the October 7 massacre,
has long… pic.twitter.com/GDixio65Zd— Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער (@gidonsaar) September 8, 2025
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