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Spanish PM says Madrid plans UN resolution demanding ICJ rule on Israeli war tactics in Gaza

By AFP 17 May 2025, 1:29 pm 4 Edit
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq ahead of the 34th Arab League summit, on May 16, 2025. (Murtada AL-SUDANI / POOL / AFP)
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq ahead of the 34th Arab League summit, on May 16, 2025. (Murtada AL-SUDANI / POOL / AFP)

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls for “pressure on Israel to halt the massacre in Gaza” and says Madrid plans a UN resolution demanding an International Court of Justice ruling on Israel’s war methods.

Sanchez told an Arab League summit in Baghdad that world leaders should “intensify our pressure on Israel to halt the massacre in Gaza, particularly through the channels afforded to us by international law,” adding that the “unacceptable number” of victims of the Israel-Hamas war violates the “principle of humanity.”

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