Israel Summons Spanish Envoy Over Youth Minister’s ‘From River to Sea’ Remarks

Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned Spain’s chargé d’affaires in Israel, Francisca Pedrós, for a reprimand on Monday over remarks by Spanish Youth Minister Sira Rego. At an event in Madrid on September 24, Rego said Spanish society supports a Palestine ‘from the river to the sea.’ The ministry described her words as part of what it called a systematic anti-Israel policy under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The summons marks a new diplomatic response to the minister’s statement; the reports did not establish that Pedrós had already attended the meeting.