Why is the Palestinian issue so important among Spain's public and politicians?

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Why is the Palestinian issue so important among Spain's public and politicians?   According to a survey by the Elcano Royal Institute, 82% of Spaniards questioned believe that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/09/22/why-is-the-palestinian-cause-so-important-in-spain  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00In Spain, pro-Palestinian demonstrators threw a spanner in the works of the Vuelta cycling

00:07race to oppose the participation of an Israeli team. At the same time, Spanish Prime Minister

00:13Pedro Sanchez proposed a series of measures to put pressure on the Israeli government.

00:18Spain has repeatedly positioned itself as pro-Palestine, and not by accident. Madrid

00:24and the Arab world have a long history of friendship. Isolated on the international

00:28scene because of its proximity to Nazi Germany and fascist Italy during the Second World

00:33War, Spain's Franco sought closer ties with Arab countries.

00:58But Spain's friendship with Arab countries goes deeper than that. In 1979, Prime Minister

01:16Adolfo Suarez was the first European leader to receive PLO leader Yasser Arafat. In 1991,

01:25Spain hosted the Madrid Peace Conference, attended by Israelis and Palestinians. Today, 82% of

01:31Spaniards surveyed believe that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a poll by the

01:37tank tank, Tank Elcano.

01:38What characterizes Spain is that we are in a political system where there are two main

01:44parties, the Partido Popular, the Parti Popular and the Parti Socialist, which today is in

01:49power. And there is a form of consensus between these two parties on the fact that the solution

01:58of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not necessarily by the creation of a Palestinian state.

02:02Spain's support for the Palestinian cause has helped the country gain prestige on the international stage.

02:07The Palestinian question offers a considerable prestige, especially in the Mediterranean and

02:16the West.

02:18Support for the Palestinian cause is not accompanied by a rise in anti-Semitism in Spain, according

02:24to the Elcano poll.

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