{"id":30399,"date":"2026-03-12T04:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=30399"},"modified":"2026-03-12T04:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:35:11","slug":"spain-removes-ambassador-from-israel-in-protest-to-iran-war-gaza-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=30399","title":{"rendered":"Spain removes ambassador from Israel in protest to Iran war, Gaza genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Madrid recalls ambassador amid rising diplomatic tensions and criticism of US-Israeli actions in Iran.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/afp_6985b23df254-1770369598.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a speech.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The country&#8217;s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of the few left-wing leaders in Europe to condemn the US-Israel attack on Iran as &#8216;unjustifiable&#8217; [File: AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>The Spanish government has decided \u2060to withdraw its \u2060ambassador to Israel, according to \u200cthe official state gazette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move on Wednesday comes as Spain has been one of the European Union\u2019s foremost critics of Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza and the new war on Iran launched by the United States and Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the proposal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation, and following deliberation by the Council of Ministers at its meeting on 10 March 2026, I hereby order the termination of Ms Ana Mar\u00eda S\u00e1lomon P\u00e9rez\u2019s appointment as Ambassador of Spain to the State of Israel,\u201d the gazette said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spain\u2019s embassy in Tel \u2060Aviv will \u2060be led by a \u2060charge d\u2019affaires, a \u2060source \u2060at the Foreign Ministry said, according to Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country\u2019s Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, is one of the few left-wing leaders in Europe to condemn the US-Israel attack on Iran as \u201cunjustifiable\u201d and said that Madrid\u2019s position was \u201cno to the war\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanchez\u2019s government has also been one of the few European nations to consistently condemn Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza.\u00a0In October, Spain\u2019s parliament\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/8\/spains-parliament-formally-approves-israel-arms-embargo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved the enshrinement<\/a>\u00a0in law of a total arms embargo on Israel, permanently banning the sale of weapons, dual-use technology, and military equipment in response to the genocide .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/11\/spain-removes-ambassador-from-israel-as-opposes-war-on-iran-gaza-genocide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/11\/spain-removes-ambassador-from-israel-as-opposes-war-on-iran-gaza-genocide<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid recalls ambassador amid rising diplomatic tensions and criticism of US-Israeli actions in Iran. The Spanish government has decided \u2060to withdraw its \u2060ambassador to Israel, according to \u200cthe official state gazette. The move on Wednesday comes as Spain has been one of the European Union\u2019s foremost critics of Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[512,1565,1990,27554,1510,1360,1513,27846],"class_list":["post-30399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-america-2","tag-eu-2","tag-iran-2","tag-iran-war","tag-israel-2","tag-middle-east-5","tag-spain","tag-spain-withdreaws-his-ambassador-from-israel","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30401,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30399\/revisions\/30401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}