Spain permanently withdraws ambassador to Israel

Spain terminated the position of ambassador to Israel yesterday until further notice, six months after recalling its ambassador as a condemnation of the Israeli government. The Spanish Embassy in Israel will now be led by a charge d’affaires. In 2024, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez explained diplomatic actions against Israel by saying that his country “doesn’t have nuclear bombs, nor aircraft carriers or large oil reserves. We alone can’t stop the Israeli offensive,” implying that Spain would use such measures against Israel. Catholic Spain infamously converted, expelled or killed virtually all Spanish Jews, and Judaism was illegal in the country until 1968. The current boldness of this same nation against Israel reveals the surge in Jew-hatred rising around the world—and the falseness of those who say they don’t hate Jews, only the Israeli government. Leaders like Sánchez hold the government of the Jewish state to a standard no other country in the world is expected to meet. Read “Spain Hates Israel” for more information.