"he said Spain and others were at a loss to understand Israel's actions in Gaza. We can't keep silent, nor look the other way, when confronted with so much devastation, with the bombing even of hospitals, schools and places of refuge or with so many deaths among the civilian population, or with the famine and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of people to what end?"
"King Felipe of Spain has begged Israel to stop the massacre and end its abhorrent acts in Gaza during an unusually direct and powerful address to the UN general assembly in which he also defended the UN's role in an increasingly frenetic and out of control world. These are abhorrent acts that are the very opposite of everything that this forum represents. They sicken the human conscience and shame the entire international community."
"That's why we find it so hard to understand what the Israeli government is doing in the Gaza Strip and why it hurts us so much, he said. That is why we cry out, why we implore, and why we demand: stop this massacre now. No more deaths in the name of such an old and wise people who have suffered so greatly over the course of history."
King Felipe of Spain pleaded for an immediate halt to the killing and destruction in Gaza while defending the UN's role amid global instability. He avoided the word genocide though the prime minister had used it and said Spain and others could not understand Israel's actions. He cited the bombing of hospitals, schools and refuges, widespread civilian deaths, famine and the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands. Spain has imposed measures including an arms embargo and accused Israel of exterminating a defenseless people, while Israel accused Spain of antisemitism and barred two Spanish ministers. Felipe invoked Spain's Sephardic history and the 2015 citizenship law and demanded an end to the massacre.
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