https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Waving flags and banners, thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched through the streets of Madrid on Sunday to demand an immediate ceasefire in the deadly war between Israel and Hamas. https://www.thelocal.es/20231030/thousands-of-pro-palestinian-protesters-demand-ceasefire-at-madrid-march Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:01:45 +0100 thousands-of-pro-palestinian-protesters-demand-ceasefire-at-madrid-march Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, the Islamist group which carried out brutal attacks on Israel on October 7th, have called for access for the Red Cross to treat their relatives during a press conference held in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20231027/help-us-free-our-families-relatives-of-hamas-hostages-tell-press-conference-in-spain Fri, 27 Oct 2023 11:03:44 +0200 help-us-free-our-families-relatives-of-hamas-hostages-tell-press-conference-in-spain Repeated criticism of Israel by far-left party Podemos, a member of Spain's government, has created a political dilemma for acting Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and complicated his talks to form a new government. https://www.thelocal.es/20231019/how-the-spanish-far-lefts-criticism-of-israel-is-creating-a-dilemma-for-sanchez Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:03:07 +0200 how-the-spanish-far-lefts-criticism-of-israel-is-creating-a-dilemma-for-sanchez Spain’s Interior Ministry has raised the country’s terror alert following the recent terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris and amid the escalating war between Israel and Hamas. These are the measures that will be introduced. https://www.thelocal.es/20231018/spain-raises-terror-alert-after-france-and-belgium-attacks Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:00:57 +0200 spain-raises-terror-alert-after-france-and-belgium-attacks Spain said Tuesday it "would work" with Israel to maintain good ties after the Israeli embassy accused some Spanish ministers of siding with Palestinian militant group Hamas. https://www.thelocal.es/20231017/spain-looks-to-avoid-diplomatic-spat-by-working-with-israel Tue, 17 Oct 2023 18:04:22 +0200 spain-looks-to-avoid-diplomatic-spat-by-working-with-israel The Israeli Embassy in Spain has criticised what it called "absolutely immoral" statements made by "certain members" of the Spanish government in reference to the conflict in Gaza, accusations Spain's foreign ministry strongly denies. https://www.thelocal.es/20231017/israeli-embassy-accuses-spanish-government-of-aligning-with-terrorism Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:51:07 +0200 israeli-embassy-accuses-spanish-government-of-aligning-with-terrorism Israel has summoned the ambassadors of Spain, Slovenia and Belgium over their votes at a UN body calling for an international probe of the deadly shootings of dozens of Palestinians on the Gaza border, the foreign ministry said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180521/israel-summons-envoy-for-spain-over-un-gaza-vote Mon, 21 May 2018 20:43:15 +0200 israel-summons-envoy-for-spain-over-un-gaza-vote Some 20 women of different nationalities set sail for the Gaza Strip from Barcelona on Wednesday evening, in the latest attempt to break a crippling blockade imposed by Israel. https://www.thelocal.es/20160915/women-led-flotilla-sails-from-barcelona-to-break-gaza-blockade Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:58:12 +0200 women-led-flotilla-sails-from-barcelona-to-break-gaza-blockade Several Israeli passengers on an Iberia flight to Tel Aviv were unpleasantly surprised when the Spanish pilot's announced "Welcome to Palestine" as they landed. https://www.thelocal.es/20151030/lost-in-translation-iberia-in-palestine-rumpus Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:00:29 +0100 lost-in-translation-iberia-in-palestine-rumpus A confidential Spanish military report on the death of a Spanish UN peacekeeper in Israeli shelling in Lebanon said he was manning a post that appeared to have been targeted, a newspaper reported Sunday https://www.thelocal.es/20150406/israel-targeted-peacekeepers-in-lebanon-report Mon, 06 Apr 2015 10:46:05 +0200 israel-targeted-peacekeepers-in-lebanon-report Spain and Israel have agreed to carry out a joint investigation on the death of a Spanish UN peacekeeper who was killed in Lebanon during Israeli shelling near the border, Madrid said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20150130/spain-and-israel-agree-probe-into-peacekeepers-death Fri, 30 Jan 2015 23:24:00 +0100 spain-and-israel-agree-probe-into-peacekeepers-death Israel says a vote by the Spanish parliament on Tuesday calling on Madrid to recognize a Palestinian state is counterproductive because it will encourage Palestinians to take on more extreme positions in negotiations. https://www.thelocal.es/20141119/israel-slams-spains-unhelpful-palestine-vote Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:39:00 +0100 israel-slams-spains-unhelpful-palestine-vote The Spanish parliament on Tuesday passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to recognize the state of Palestine. https://www.thelocal.es/20141118/mps-vote-to-call-on-spain-to-recognize-palestine Tue, 18 Nov 2014 21:15:00 +0100 mps-vote-to-call-on-spain-to-recognize-palestine A vote in the Spanish parliament next week could see Spain follow the lead of UK and France in moving towards a recognition of Palestine as the Spanish government joins a European Union drive to back a two-state peace deal between Israel and Palestine. https://www.thelocal.es/20141114/spain-moves-towards-recognition-of-palestine Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:58:00 +0100 spain-moves-towards-recognition-of-palestine A delegation of left-wing European Parliamentarians including Pablo Iglesias, leader of Spain's Podemos party, have been denied permission to enter Gaza to report on the impact of the actions of the Israeli military. https://www.thelocal.es/20140905/israel-blocks-gaza-visit-of-spanish-politician Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:59:00 +0200 israel-blocks-gaza-visit-of-spanish-politician The president of the association for victims of Madrid's 2004 terrorist bombings has racially attacked US President Barack Obama and his wife on Twitter over their handling of the Gaza conflict, saying it could lead to future terrorist attacks. https://www.thelocal.es/20140801/pilar-manjon-gaza-obama-twitter-terrorism-spain Fri, 01 Aug 2014 12:51:00 +0200 pilar-manjon-gaza-obama-twitter-terrorism-spain Several hundred protesters demanded a halt to Israel's ground offensive in Gaza during a peaceful demonstration on Thursday outside the Israeli embassy in Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20140725/gaza-crisis Fri, 25 Jul 2014 11:04:22 +0200 gaza-crisis Spain is set to make it even easier for descendants of Spain's Sephardic Jews to obtain Spanish citizenship by doing away with a requirement that they renounce other citizenships they hold. https://www.thelocal.es/20140606/spanish-to-okay-dual-citizenship-for-sephardi-jews Fri, 06 Jun 2014 15:32:00 +0200 spanish-to-okay-dual-citizenship-for-sephardi-jews Spain's Justice Minister told American Jewish groups on Wednesday why the European country is offering citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled from Spain in 1492, an event he has labelled "the biggest mistake in Spanish history". https://www.thelocal.es/20140320/citizenship-for-jews-my-biggest-feat-anti-abortion-minister Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:30:00 +0100 citizenship-for-jews-my-biggest-feat-anti-abortion-minister One of Europe's most influential rabbis has said the offer of Spanish citizenship made to Sephardi Jews comes a "little late" and that those who apply for a passport will only do so to enter other EU member states. https://www.thelocal.es/20140217/jews-want-apology-not-spanish-citizenship Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:00:00 +0100 jews-want-apology-not-spanish-citizenship