Scarcely a week has gone by since Pedro Sanchez, the Socialist Prime Minister of Spain, chose to recognize the “State of Palestine.” Now the leader of the right-wing opposition, Santiago Abascal, has just paid a visit to Israel, in sign of solidarity with the Jewish state. And from Jerusalem, he has roundly declared that when he is in charge in Madrid, there well be “no prizes for terrorism. No state for Palestine.” More on Abascal’s visit can be found here: “‘No prizes for terror’: Spanish opposition leader Abascal promises,” by Yuval Barnea, Jerusalem Post, May 29, 2024:
Santiago Abascal, leader of far-right Spanish party VOX, landed in Israel on Tuesday night and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli.
In the mainstream media, the adjective “far-right” is affixed to any European leader who believes in the free market, supports NATO, is favorably disposed to Israel, and — most important of all — wants to end immigration from Muslim states. Geert Wilders of the Netherlands, a centrist in his domestic policies, has. been labelled “far-right” only because he opposes Muslim immigration. The same is true of Marine Le Pen, who is center-right, but labelled “far-right” only because of her alarm about Muslim immigrants in France.
During the meeting, he [Abascal] told Netanyahu there would be “No prizes for terrorism. No state for Palestine.”
He expressed unreserved support for Israel’s war goals: the elimination of Hamas and the return of the hostages.
Abascal’s visit to Israel comes a week after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that Spain would recognize “Palestine” as a state….
Sanchez, who has re-established his country’s ties with the Communist dictators of Venezuela and Cuba, is in deep political trouble because of the charges laid against his wife, just last month, of influence peddling and corruption. It has been suggested that in order to deflect attention from his wife’s case Sanchez chose this moment to recognize the “state of Palestine” as a way to turn the public conversation in Spain from domestic to foreign policy.
Nor is his wife the only one in Sanchez’ circle who has been tainted by scandal. His former Transport Minister, José Luis Abalos, resigned from Parliament and the party in February after corruption charges were leveled at his deputy for a fraud scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic. That resignation suggests the charges against his deputy were justified; it might even mean that Abalos himself was involved in the fraud scheme. Between his wife and his former transport minister, Pedro Sanchez is in a world of woe.
Sanchez recognized the state of Palestine, but without calling for Israel’s disappearance. His Deputy Prime Minister, Yolanda Diaz, has no such qualms. With her announcement that “from the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” she has called for the disappearance of the Jewish state and its replacement by a 23rd Arab one.
During the tour, he criticized Sanchez for being disconnected from reality and the Spanish people, accusing him of acting “out of personal political needs.”
“Any decision he makes that harms the people of Israel will be canceled by me,” Abascal added.’’
That means if Santiago Abascal should become prime minister — his VOX party is now in third place in the polls, but steadily gaining strength because of the growing opposition in the country to Muslim migrants — he would undo Spain’s recognition of a “state of Palestine.” And his outspoken support for Israel suggests that he would vote to support Israel at the UN, and quite possibly, would be prepared to move the Spanish embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Could Abascal replace Sanchez? Much will depend on the corruption scandal in which Sanchez’s wife is now involved. If she is found guilty, there may be a vote of no-confidence in Sanchez, and he would be forced to resign, just as happened to his predecessor Mariano Rajoy. The VOX party continues to gain strength, and Abascal himself may be chosen to replace Sanchez. And should that happen, up and down the Land of Israel there would be much mafficking.
Namer says
Hey Pedro, how did the last time muslims invaded Spain how did that work out for Spain? Didn’t it take 300 years to deport them? Its a good thing there are still men like Mr Abascal in Spain to appose you.
Mike says
300? More like 700! If HamAss could, they would also do to Spanish civilians what they did to Israeli civilians. Think of the Madrid train bombings 20 years ago, and the car attacks in Barcelona a few years back (and the foiled plot to bomb the Holy Family Cathedral)…
And, increased sexual crimes against young women and girls (both Spanish and non-Spanish, such as tourists), the mass poisoning of dogs (both pets and strays) in some areas, increased welfare fraud, which the Spanish economy cannot really afford, desecrations of Catholic churches and more planned terror plots…
Hey Pedro, wake up!
Raja says
❤❤❤
commonsense says
Right on, Mike
maria says
as long as Sanchez is in power, Spain is one of the pro muslim murderer
somehistory says
Good for him. He should be read far and wide by the public at large.
Evil should never be rewarded. The fact that so many are rewarding hamas and its terror is demonically evil.
I had never seen mafficking…had to look it up.
40 rounds says
Ditto
tgusa says
“Santiago Abascal, leader of far-right Spanish party VOX, landed in Israel on Tuesday night and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli.”
Evidently only Santiago and his right wingers are against rape torture murder while Pedro the Socialist Prime Minister and his supporters are all for that.
somehistory says
Perhaps they have always lusted for those things, and now, they see some have been praised for the evil committed and it’s called “resistance.” pedro and the gang may see their chance coming.
tgusa says
Battle lines are being drawn. It reminds me of the Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Them being the Apes while the rest of us being humanity.
somehistory says
Not even real apes behave so badly as they are doing. But, I get yur point.
tgusa says
You are right. My apologies. I shouldn’t have insulted Apes by comparing Apes to them.
somehistory says
Did you ever see an old sci-fi named “Zontar the Thing from Venus?” starring John Agar.
The “thing” is much like the monsters we are seeing and hearing from today. Hideous and evil
tgusa says
Yes I did. I became a movie buff later in life. I think that was due to VHS tapes and the DVDs. Before those things came around I didn’t watch too much TV. Even way back then I hated commercials. I thought they ruined the experience.
tgusa says
The last words in the patriot Kurt Russell 1982 “The Thing” movie that were directed at the only remaining survivor along with him, the character played by Keith David. I believe the last words spoken were, lets just sit here and see what happens. Sounds a lot like what the West is doing today in 2024.
tgusa says
The Thing, final scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA4Ozqt7338
somehistory says
“The Thing”…never watched it that I can recall. Perhaps Tubi has it. thanks for the clip.
That’ s about all the average person can do about these things….’wait and see’…until personal action is required for survival. We can’t force the idiots to listen to us.
jdow says
Since their use of the name “Palestine” is counter to history take away the name, as well. Just call them thugs and be done with it. Move them all to an uninhabited chunk of deep desert and air drop food and water to them with nothing metal and no construction material allowed. If Allah wants his dupes to live then let it perform the appropriate miracles.
{+_+}
Stewart Davies says
Pedro Sanchez is a “socialist” is he? I have long since come to regard the term “socialist” as a euphemism for a totally destructive political ideology that is worse by far than the seemingly innocuous term “socialist.” It is also a malleable and seemingly highly flexible ideology that can change its apparent focus almost by the day, depending which particular group of “victims” it sets out to exploit. But it is definitely not “infinitely flexible.” Christianity is by far the most persecuted religion on earth, and marxists will never rally to the defense of Christians, because Marxism is responsible, either directly or indirectly for most of the persecution of Christians. And that includes the wholesale persecution of Christians by Islam.
OLD GUY says
I hope he succeeds!
rbla says
Most of Spain was once ruled by Muslims. Therefore it must be returned to Islamic rule. From the Andalusian Liberation Organization:
From the Pyrenees to the Strait
Allah will again be great
Mike says
From the rivers and mountains, to the plains/Kick all the Islamists, out of Spain.
Emilio Perea says
Mas muros y menos moros. (Abascal)
࿗Infidel࿘ says
From Biscay to Gibralter
al Andalus will be here after
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I wonder how aware Señor Abascal is about jihadist claims on al-Andalus. Given the way the socialists have been allowing in unlimited number of muslims from across the Strait of Gibralter, he wouldn’t be engaging in conspiracy theories were he to bring that up