The head of Podemos, Social Rights Minister Ione Belarra, said Thursday that Israel's response to Hamas' attacks on October 7 amounted to "genocide" and called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes.
She has also called on Madrid to cut diplomatic ties with Israel and impose sanctions on the country's officials.
In her statement to journalists, Minister Belarra said, "Today, I asked our partner (in the government), the Socialist Workers Party, to act more seriously in the fight against this planned genocide carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people. For this, I believe that we must urgently suspend our diplomatic relations with the state of Israel." she said.
Belarra stated that a meeting should be held at the European level to impose exemplary economic sanctions against those politically responsible for this "genocide".
