#Spain / Rallies in Madrid on 18 and 19 May amid political summit by Spain’s Vox party, including Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs (Amichai Chikli)
[...] The summit will reportedly be attended by representatives of various right-wing parties across Europe, leading several Spanish left-wing organisations to lead protests condemning the summit. Several thousand people are likely to attend.
Chikli not mentioned, but was reported to be attending.
Peace activists will demonstrate next Friday (5/24) at 10:30 am in front of the Spanish Embassy in Tel Aviv, 3 Daniel Frisch Street, with the slogan "Spain, recognize the State of Palestine for the benefit of both peoples."
The call for the demonstration stated:
"On October 7, the State of Israel experienced a massacre unlike any since its establishment. The massacre proved that occupation does not provide security, nor does any military operation. A political solution is the only thing that will lead to security and stop the loss and suffering among both peoples."
#Israel / Peace activists will demonstrate next Friday (5/24) at 10:30 am in front of the Spanish Embassy in Tel Aviv, 3 Daniel Frisch Street, with the slogan "Spain, recognize the State of Palestine for the benefit of both peoples."
The call for the demonstration stated:
"On October 7, the State of Israel experienced a massacre unlike any since its establishment. The massacre proved that occupation does not provide security, nor does any military operation. A political solution is the only thing that will lead to security and stop the loss and suffering among both peoples."
#Spain / Museo Reina Sofía renames program titled “from the river to the sea” after backlash from Jewish community and the Israeli embassy
The Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid is organizing a special program from May 8 to September 30, 2024 in solidarity with #Palestine and as a call to end the war and genocide in the region. The program, which was initially titled “from the river to the sea”, includes lectures, conversations, and encounters with Palestinian artists to connect their struggles to international solidarity networks.
76 universities in #Spain decided to sever cooperation relations with #Israeli#universities and research centers and linked the return of cooperation to the occupation universities’ condemnation of the #occupation army’s invasion of the #Gaza Strip.
#Spain / Spanish Universities Will Suspend Relations with Israeli Campuses if They Don't Reject the War in Gaza
Spanish universities have announced that they will suspend collaboration agreements with Israeli universities and research centers if they do not condemn the military operations in the Gaza Strip. The Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (Crue), representing 77 public and private universities, has denounced the "very serious events" in Gaza and called for an "immediate and definitive cessation of military operations by the Israeli army" and "any terrorist action."
The senate of the University of #Barcelona (UB) approves a motion calling for the university to break all institutional and academic ties with Israel, including centers, research institutes, companies, and other institutions in Israel
According to Cario-Invernizzi the fact the Iberian kingsdoms were the first European realms to connect with the rest of the world on a grand scale, gave their diplomatic policies a unique character.
Diplomatic relations with Africa and Asia required constant negotiations, and even required tributes to be paid to guarantee the security of Europe’s presence in the area.
Distance was a significant factor in Iberian #diplomacy. Therefore, agents were sometimes sent to cover shorter distances. Moreover, diplomatic encounters in Eurasia did not take place between entire societies but rather between segments of societies or subcultures.
This fact suggests the existence of a cross-sectional diplomatic language between European and Asian societies. (4/n)
“Arolsen Archives remembers the Nazi persecution, the Holocaust and the consequences of the crimes. The basis of this work are millions of documents about the victims of National Socialism.”
#Palestine / Borrell: European states expected to recognize Palestinian statehood by end of May
Several European countries, including #Spain, #Ireland, #Malta, and #Slovenia are expected to recognize Palestinian statehood by the end of May, according to the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated that he expects Spain to extend recognition to the Palestinians by July, and believes there will soon be a critical mass within the EU for more members to adopt this position.
"The Guardia Civil investigates the theft of the remains of a victim of Franco's regime in the ravine where Lorca was killed" by Álvaro López (in Spanish) #ElDiarioEs
"The events took place this weekend and have already been reported to the Civil Guard. As explained by the team of scientists and historians who have been working since 2021 in this location, where Franco murdered hundreds of people in the first months of the Guardia Civil, “when they arrived at the grave they found that the different measures to protect the remains (geotextile, boards and bags) had been altered”. Upon discovery, they were also able to verify that the remains of one of the victims being exhumed were missing".
“The democratic memory also serves to repair the Roma people” by Sofía Pérez Mendoza #ElDiarioEs#Spain#Spanish
“The Government is going to approve a Memory Commission, foreseen in the law of 2022, which will give rise to measures of "truth, justice, and reparation" for this community, whose history is one of the most unknown. With the help of historians, we recover large and small episodes to fill in the gaps.”
"A suspenseful and eye-opening tale... I highly recommend it. You'll be entertained with the dramatic tension, surprises, romance and love of music while being immersed in Spanish culture."
"The modus operandi of men like Hawkins was to sail to Guinea, acquire a cargo of enslaved people, by force and/or barter, and ship them to the Spanish Caribbean and Mexico.91 Here, Hawkins would claim inclement weather had forced him to the area (a tactic used by many illicit traders), offer platitudes to local officials and sometimes promise to help clear out foreign pirates from the area.92 In return, he asked the Spanish to purchase his enslaved people. If that failed, he became aggressive, after which the local elites, often under-manned and in relatively lightly defended settlements, would agree to purchase his human cargo."
#WCK / Spanish PM says Israeli explanation of aid workers attack is 'insufficient and unacceptable'
[...] "That is unacceptable and insufficient, and we are awaiting a much stronger and more detailed clarification, after which we'll see what action to take,"