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King Felipe VI of Spain

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrive for a joint statement at the Moncloa palace in Madrid, Spain, September 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul White)
October 16, 2024, 1:37 am
In long-shot wartime proposal, Spain and PA push for reprise of 1991 Madrid peace summit
Pledging to meet by end of year, both players seek relevance as the Gaza conflict rages on; but experts say that with neither Israeli nor US participation, prospects are poor
By Batya Levinthal
Husni Abdel Wahed, head of the Palestinian Authority's mission to Spain, at the PA's mission headquarters in Madrid, on May 28, 2024. (Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP)
September 16, 2024, 6:54 pm
First official Palestinian ambassador to Spain submits his credentials
Husni Abdel Wahed welcomed to palace by King Felipe VI, four months after Madrid, alongside Norway and Ireland, formally recognized a Palestinian state
By AFP
US President Barack Obama (right) talks with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin during a bilateral meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, December 9, 2015. (AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSON)
July 7, 2021, 4:53 pm
Obama to Rivlin: Your leadership on Israeli democracy set a positive example
World leaders, including Prince Charles and Mahmoud Abbas, write and phone 10th president as he steps down
By Lazar Berman
President Reuven Rivlin addresses world leaders at a dinner at the President's Residence in Jerusalem as part of the World Holocaust Forum on January 22, 2020. (Screenshot)
January 22, 2020, 9:30 pm
At ‘historic gathering,’ Rivlin swears leaders into fight against Jew-hatred
President warns dignitaries visiting Israel for summit on anti-Semitism against any attempts to rewrite history; Spanish king says ‘remembrance alone is unfortunately not enough’
By Raphael Ahren
President Reuven Rivlin (lleft) and Spanish King Felipe VI in Madrid, November 6, 2017 (Haim Zach/GPO)
November 7, 2017, 11:58 am
Rivlin appears to reject Catalonia’s independence bid
‘Spain for us is one country,’ president tells King Felipe VI in Madrid, says he hopes current conflict will be resolved peacefully
By Raphael Ahren
Protesters gather outside National Police Headquarters during a one-day strike in Barcelona, Spain, October 3, 2017. (AP/Bob Edme)
October 4, 2017, 12:16 am
Spain’s king denounces independence bid as Catalans take to streets
An estimated 700,000 people rally in Barcelona to protest police violence, support separatists
By Marianne Barriaux and Roland Lloyd Parry
People attend a march against terrorism which slogan is #NoTincPor (I'm Not Afraid) in Barcelona on August 26, 2017, following the Barcelona and Cambrils attacks that killed 15 people and injuring over 100. (AFP PHOTO / PAU BARRENA)
August 26, 2017, 8:42 pm
Thousands march against terror in Barcelona
Spain’s king joins those who tended the victims in the deadly attack in leading mass gathering under the slogan, ‘I’m not afraid’
By Anna Cuenca
Families of young men believed responsible for the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils gather along with members of the local Muslim community to denounce terrorism and show their grief in Ripoll, north of Barcelona, Spain on August 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
August 20, 2017, 2:10 pm
Spanish police hunt for suspected Barcelona van driver
Investigation also focusing on missing imam who authorities think may have died in massive house explosion the day before attack
By Joseph Wilson, Lori Hinnant and Alex Oller
People wait before a minute of silence for the victims of the Barcelona attack at Plaza de Catalunya on August 18, 2017. (AFP/Javier Soriano)
August 18, 2017, 2:39 pm
‘I am not afraid,’ crowd shouts at memorial for Spain victims
Spanish and Catalan flags eschewed in rare display of unity for moment of silence in Barcelona
By Agencies
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delivers the Queen's Speech during the State Opening of Parliament in the Houses of Parliament in London on June 21, 2017. (AFP/Carl Court)
June 21, 2017, 5:24 pm
Trump visit to Britain left out of Queen’s Speech
Omission follows media reports the US president no longer wants to come because of UK public’s opposition to his visit
By AFP
King Felipe VI of Spain (R) shakes hands with CER President Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt at the Royal Palace El Pardo near Madrid, Spain on December 13, 2016. (World Jewish Congress)
December 13, 2016, 10:35 pm
Rabbis honor Spanish king for efforts to restore Jewish life
King Felipe VI awarded 2016 Lord Jakobovits Prize for European Jewry for ‘extraordinary’ efforts to rectify past wrongs
By ToI Staff
King Felipe VI of Spain during a ceremony to pay tribute to the Sephardic Jews, expelled from Spain in 1492 by the Catholic Kings, at the Royal Palace in Madrid, November 30, 2015. (AFP/PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU)
November 30, 2015, 6:23 pm
Spanish king honors Sephardic Jews exiled from Spain
King Felipe VI says his country, now offering citizenship to descendants, has ‘missed’ those who were banished during Inquisition
By AFP
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Spain's King Felipe VI, Tuesday, September 15, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
September 16, 2015, 11:59 am
Solving refugee crisis requires taking care of Syria, Obama says
International efforts must address Syrian civil war, says president, defending decision to take in only 10,000 fleeing fighting
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