{"id":307399,"date":"2026-02-24T08:18:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/307399\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T08:18:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T08:18:07","slug":"spain-urges-eu-to-take-tougher-stance-on-israel-as-gaza-crisis-deepens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/307399\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain urges EU to take tougher stance on Israel as Gaza crisis deepens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid, Feb. 24 (SANA) Spanish Foreign Minister Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares on Monday called on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/tag\/european-union\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"13636\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">European Union <\/a>to adopt a firmer stance toward Israel amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and continued settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on X, Albares said the \u201ckilling in Gaza continues, while humanitarian aid remains stuck at border crossings\u201d. He urged that assistance be allowed to reach Palestinian civilians without restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the EU\u2019s silence regarding what he described as Israeli violations in the West Bank and attempts to forcibly displace Palestinians \u201cis no longer understandable,\u201d noting that the bloc has \u201cpolitical and economic tools that must be activated\u201d in dealing with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Albares\u2019 remarks came shortly after foreign ministers from 19 Arab and other countries issued a joint statement condemning recent Israeli decisions aimed at expanding settlements, annexing land, and tightening control over the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The ministers said the measures constitute \u201ca blatant violation of international law\u201d and undermine prospects for a just and comprehensive peace based on a two-state solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Madrid, Feb. 24 (SANA) Spanish Foreign Minister Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares on Monday called on the European Union to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307400,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-307399","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}