#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.
Discussions in Brussels to finalize a border and transit deal for Gibraltar have ended without an agreement, leaving the self-governing British territory in limbo after Brexit ended its time in the European Union. Gibraltar residents came out overwhelmingly against leaving the E.U., with 96% of people voting to remain. The vote revived historic tensions between Spain and Britain over the territory, with Madrid calling for Gibraltar’s “decolonization.” Read more from Euronews.
«Expertos que estudian el comportamiento de estos cetáceos en estas aguas aseguran que detrás de este nuevo incidente están las orcas ibéricas conocidas como gladis, 15 ejemplares de la población de unas 37 que viven entre el norte de la península Ibérica y el estrecho de Gibraltar. »
#Spain’s governing Socialist party emerged on Sunday as the winner of regional elections in Catalonia that had been widely seen as a litmus test for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s polarizing amnesty measure for separatists.
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)