c/europe · by schizoidman@lemmy.zip · 159d

Spain permanently withdraws ambassador as rift with Israel deepens

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/spain-removes-ambassador-israel-2026-03-11/

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60561637

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NorskSud@piefed.social · 29 pts · 159d (1 reply)

Nobody was expecting the Spanish inquisition.

pastermil@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 159d

More like Spanish Disquisition in this case.

TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 159d (3 replies)

Did they do this to ask Iran to allow them passage through the Strait of Hormuz? I think this was one of the conditions that was offered to Arab and European countries.

verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 19 pts · 159d

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dominic.borcea@piefed.social · 4 pts · 159d

If they did this to comply with the Islamists for economical purposes, then that'd be some clown show shit lmao.

balsoft@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 158d

Well, technically the condition was to expel the israeli and US ambassadors. This is the other way around, and AFAIK withdrawing your own ambassador is considered a less aggressive move than expelling the ambassador of the other country. And either way I strongly doubt they will do anything about their US relationship. So this seems to be just a based thing to do rather than trying to comply with iranian demands

edit: it seems israel already withdrawn their ambassador from Spain last May, so this move now feels completely unrelated to the demands.

Lanske@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 158d

Wish my (dutch) government had a bit of a spine like spain....

Pip@feddit.org · -35 pts · 159d (2 replies)

Disgraceful.

Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 159d

Lol what are you a centrist?

87Six@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 159d

Feddit, checks out

Fitik@fedia.io · -41 pts · 159d (6 replies)

A shame, but sadly nothing suprising with Spain's current government

meldrik@lemmy.wtf · 36 pts · 159d