Spanish PM Warns Against Double Standards on Global Conflicts
Addressing Spain's lower house of parliament, Sanchez drew sharp parallels between conflicts that have drawn sharply divergent responses from the international community — arguing that governments cannot cherry-pick which violations to condemn without undermining the very principles they claim to defend.
"What we cannot do is condemn the invasion of Ukraine … and applaud Iran's attacks," Sanchez told lawmakers, adding: "We cannot demand respect for Greenland's territorial integrity and remain silent when territorial integrity is violated in Gaza or Lebanon."
A Rebuke of Selective Outrage
The Spanish leader leveled pointed criticism at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of seeking to replicate in Lebanon "the same destruction and suffering perpetrated in Gaza" — remarks that underscored Madrid's increasingly vocal position on the Middle East conflict.
Sanchez also delivered a sweeping indictment of what he characterized as the broader fallout from the war in the region.
"In my opinion, they have achieved the following: First, undermining international law, destabilizing the Middle East, instigating conflicts in Iraq and Lebanon, and burying Gaza under the rubble—not this time under concrete rubble, but under oblivion and indifference," he said.
The prime minister concluded that upholding the international order demands more than rhetoric — insisting that coherence and consistency are not optional virtues, but foundational requirements for any credible defense of global norms.
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