Antoni Bassas' analysis: 'The Isla-Montero embrace with funding from funds'

The showers have returned, the floods, the overflowing ravines in Terres de l'Ebre, especially in Montsià, but also in Baix Ebre, Ribera d'Ebre, Baix Camp, and Terra Alta. Flooded houses, garages, and basements, unpaved streets...

AND It should rain heavily again today, so we remain on alert, and in fact, schools in these five regions have not reopened. Fortunately, no one has been damaged so far, but the material damage, which will also affect crops, is extensive.

These are the effects of storm Alice, but we could also talk about the storm of 2018, the storm Glory of 2020, or the Filomena 2021, or the one that still hasn't been named but will come next year, because the problem with Terres de l'Ebre is that the Delta, the Delta bars, the beaches, are very delicate, 120 kilometers of seafront that are very exposed to easterly storms, much more fragile than in the rest of Catalonia. And as if this weren't enough, there's a devastating phenomenon, which is the large number of houses built in flood zones.

President Illa has suspended his agenda scheduled for today and has left. Yesterday, Isla was in Madrid, celebrating Spain's National Holiday, as is his custom. The visit left us with an interesting image:

King Felipe de Borbón greets the president, the rest of the Spanish royal family passes by, and then we see Isla enthusiastically embracing María Jesús Montero. It's not very common to see Illa lavishing such effusions, but, in this case, it seems to be for a good cause, because the Spanish vice president is the one with whom Illa is negotiating the unique financing system for Catalonia.

And while we speak, The Israeli hostages are returning home after two years of captivity in the hands of Hamas.

To bear witness to the surrender and to wear the medal of the cessation of hostilities, Donald Trump has arrived in Tel Aviv, and with him a whole group of presidents and prime ministers eager to associate themselves with the good news, which is why we're talking about "Hero Trump" today. He let Netanyahu do what he wanted, he helped him destroy Gaza, he weakened Hamas's great ally, Iran, by bombing its nuclear facilities, and when Netanyahu attacked the Qatari negotiators, Trump withdrew his credit and said, enough is enough.

And today Trump will address the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. It doesn't matter that what they will solemnize today is not peace, but a ceasefire reinforced with withdrawal and prisoner exchanges. And as history tells it, until next time.

Good morning.