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US President Donald Trump arrives at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after a shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
April 26, 2026, 1:21 pm
Netanyahu, Herzog among world leaders ‘shocked’ by shooting at gala attended by Trump
PM condemns ‘attempted assassination’; leaders slam political violence, send well-wishes to US officials and other attendees at White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
By ToI Staff and Agencies
(L to R) US State Department Counselor Michael Needham, US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanon's Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad, and Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter stand together before meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2026. (Oliver Contreras / AFP)
April 23, 2026, 9:03 pm
Israel is drawing closer to the Middle East — while the West turns a cold shoulder
Israel is in the strange position of holding talks with bitter foes like Lebanon and Syria, while old friends in Europe are pushing to loosen ties
By Ben Sales
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Beijing, China, April 14, 2026. (AP/Ng Han Guan)
April 15, 2026, 6:52 am
Israeli legal advocacy group files ICC case against Spanish PM over exports to Iran
Shurat HaDin accuses Pedro Sanchez’s government of providing ‘components required by the regime in Tehran and its proxies for military purposes’
By AFP and ToI Staff
An effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before and after being exploded in El Burgo, Spain on April 5, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 12, 2026, 12:08 pm
Netanyahu effigy blown up in Spanish town festival; Israel summons envoy
Israel accuses Spain’s prime minister of incitement for the ‘antisemitic hatred on display’ during Easter event often referred to as the ‘Burning of Judas’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Personnel work at the US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), in the southern town of Kiryat Gat, on November 19, 2025. (Ahikam Seri / AFP)
April 10, 2026, 6:26 pm
‘Anti-Israel obsession’: Israel boots Spanish representatives from Gaza ceasefire HQ
FM Sa’ar: Spain has ‘lost any ability to serve as a useful actor’ at CMCC; Netanyahu says he won’t allow countries to ‘wage a diplomatic war’ without paying a price
By Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, on March 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (AP/Alex Brandon)
March 12, 2026, 10:20 am
As Trump boasts of success in Iran, war’s timeline and endgame remain murky
US president has called the war a ‘short-term excursion’ but also demanded ‘unconditional surrender’ as polls show low American support and trust for the operation
By AAMER MADHANI
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attends a session of parliament in Madrid, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
March 5, 2026, 9:33 pm
With Iran war as the backdrop, Spain’s Pedro Sanchez emerges as Europe’s top Trump critic
Spanish prime minister, a harsh critic of Israel in the EU, has drawn the US president’s ire after refusing to allow him to stage Iran operations from Spanish bases
By Joseph Wilson
In this handout photo released by La Moncloa on March 4, 2026, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers an official statemen in response to US President Donald Trump's remarks, at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid. (Borja Puig de la Bellacasa / LA MONCLOA / AFP)
March 4, 2026, 11:33 pm
Spain denies US claim of military cooperation on Iran as rift deepens
Madrid insists it opposes use of American bases in strikes on Tehran as Trump threatens trade retaliation, widening dispute between NATO allies
By Robin Bjalon
US President Donald Trump meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on March 3, 2026. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)
March 3, 2026, 11:05 pm
Trump threatens to cut all trade ties with Spain over Iran war refusal, disses Starmer
‘We don’t want anything to do with Spain,’ says US president after Madrid barred use of its bases for strike; Trump also slams British PM: ‘This is not Winston Churchill’
By Shaun Tandon
Illustrative: Displaced Palestinian children look at the first supermoon of the year, the 'Wolf Moon,' as it rises over the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on January 3, 2026. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
January 8, 2026, 5:25 pm
IDF detects failed rocket launch from Gaza, amid diplomatic moves toward phase 2 of truce
Rocket falls short of Israel, army says; 7 Gazans said killed in Israeli strikes; Herzog, PM meet Board of Peace rep; Spanish PM wants to send ‘peacekeeping troops to Palestine’
By Stav Levaton, Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
General view of the Sidenor steel company in the Spanish Basque city of Basauri on October 25, 2021. (ANDER GILLENEA / AFP)
October 24, 2025, 8:47 pm
Spain mulls charges against steelmaker that allegedly supplied Israeli arms firm
Senior executives in Sidenor accused in top court of covertly selling to Elbit subsidiary ‘with full knowledge’ that material would be used to make weapons
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A person wears a mask depicting US President Donald Trump Israelis celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025. (AP/Emilio Morenatti)
October 9, 2025, 10:10 am
World leaders praise Trump, mediators for Gaza agreement, express hope for peace
UK’s Starmer voices ‘profound relief’; UN backs deal, will push for full implementation; Canada: ‘Peace finally feels attainable’; Italy willing to send forces for peacekeeping mission
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A man with a placard which reads "I stand with Israel" on his back is pictured during a vigil for the Israeli hostages, at Berlin's Bebelplatz on October 7, 2025. (Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
October 7, 2025, 8:55 pm
Global leaders mark ‘nightmare’ of Oct. 7 as antisemitism surges in their countries
While most leaders’ statements focus on condemning Hamas and antisemitism, Spain uses anniversary of the atrocities to slam Israel and accuse it of ‘genocide’ in ongoing Gaza war
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters march during a demonstration in Barcelona, Spain, September 18, 2025, as they show their solidarity with the people of Gaza. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
September 26, 2025, 2:53 am
Spain cancels third arms deal with Israeli defense company in weeks
Madrid maintains ‘total embargo’ on Israeli weapons as it nixes $207 million deal to buy targeting systems from Rafael
By ToI Staff
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) attends a joint press conference with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on September 18, 2025. (Thomas Coex/AFP)
September 19, 2025, 4:03 am
Germany to decide on backing for EU sanctions on Israel by October meeting — Merz
Appearing alongside Spanish PM, German chancellor says ‘criticism of the Israeli government must be possible, but we must never allow it to be used to incite hatred against Jews’
By Agencies
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