US EditionIsrael reprimands Spain over blowing up of Netanyahu effigy
Israel said the act reflected antisemitic incitement as Spain and Israel remained locked in a diplomatic row over the Gaza war.
- On Saturday, Israel reprimanded Spain's most senior diplomat in Tel Aviv over the burning of a 23-foot effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the town of El Burgo this week.
- The incident escalates a long-running diplomatic dispute between Spain and Israel over the Gaza war, rooted in a decades-old tradition where residents of Coripe burn effigies of public figures each Easter.
- Israel's Foreign Ministry condemned the incident, claiming "the appalling antisemitic hatred on display here is a direct result of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government's systemic incitement," noting the figure contained 14kg of gunpowder.
- A Spanish Foreign Ministry source rejected the allegations as "insidious," stating Spain remains committed to fighting antisemitism and discrimination in response to the condemnation.
- Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares recently accused Israel of violating international law and the two-week ceasefire after airstrikes across Lebanon, deepening broader tensions between the nations.
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Israel ’reprimands’ Spain over blowing up of Netanyahu effigy
Israel said on Saturday it had reprimanded Spain's most senior diplomat in Tel Aviv over the blowing up of a giant effigy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Spanish town this week. The seven-metre (23-foot) figure was packed with 14 kilograms (31 lb) of gunpowder in El Burgo, a small town near the southern city of Malaga, in a decades-old ceremony on 5 April, its Mayor Maria Dolores Narvaez told local television. "The appalling antisemiti…
How Tel Aviv reacted to the trick of the Spaniards with a stuffed animal
Residents of the Spanish city of El Burgo staged a Sunday celebration and destroyed an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. First, the figure was set on fire, after which it was blown up — pyrotechnics blew the effigy to pieces.
The mayor claims the symbolic character of the event after the protest of Israel, while the people insist that it is part of a celebration...
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