Sánchez and the People's Party (PP) endorse Trump's proposal for Gaza, while Sumar distances itself.

Barcelona / MadridSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez welcomed the peace plan negotiated on Monday. Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza. In response to the two leaders' announcement, Sánchez expressed his support on social media: "We must put an end to so much suffering," he wrote. While the PP (People's Party) also endorsed the proposal, the minority partner of the Spanish government distanced itself. In a statement, the Sumar ministers took a stand, denying that it is a peace proposal. "It is an imposition. It is deeply worrying that they are trying to resolve the conflict by ignoring the Palestinian population," Yolanda Díaz's ministers argued.

Thus, Trump's move brings closer the positions of the PSOE and PP, which until now have clashed over Israel's attacks on Gaza. The leader of the PP, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, considered that the US president proposes a "realistic path" to end the conflict. "Without Hamas, without annexations, with the support of the Arab countries and a Palestinian technocratic government," he added, in a message to X. Sources from the Moncloa have called on "the parties to commit to ending the violence" and have reiterated their support "for efforts to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East." "Permanent ceasefire, release of all hostages and allowing the massive entry of humanitarian aid," they added.

This position represents only the socialist wing of the Spanish government. The statement from Sumar's ministers highlighted the internal division. "The idea of a supervised 'transition' under the control of the United States and without political guarantees for the Palestinian people is nothing more than an attempt to consolidate the status quo of employment and violence that denies fundamental rights," believes Sumar, who emphasizes that "a peace process cannot be built on military threats or the exclusion of one of the parties." According to Sumar, this is an agreement that "perpetuates the imbalance" and "legitimizes Israel's impunity after a genocide that has already lasted two years."

Consumer Watch

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption, and the 2030 Agenda has announced that it will investigate companies in Spain that advertise services provided or products manufactured in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. Consum's measure stems from the Royal Decree approved last week to adopt urgent measures against the genocide in Gaza and to support the Palestinian population. The ministry's announcement does not specify which companies are involved, nor does it refer to products and services from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Article 4 of the Royal Decree-Law prohibits the advertising of goods and services from these occupied territories, with the aim of limiting the possibility of developing this business. In accordance with the Digital Services Regulation, Consum may request the removal or blocking of access to this illegal content. Furthermore, from a sanctioning perspective, these practices will be considered unfair commercial practices. This means that anyone who engages in these practices faces severe sanctions under consumer law, of up to 100,000 euros or between four and six times the illicit profit.

Based on this, the Directorate General of Consumer Affairs will investigate companies that are allegedly taking advantage of this practice, as noted in the report published in July by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, entitled "From the Economy of Employment to the Economy of Genocide." The Basque construction company CAF appears in Albanese's report. The UN subsequently included Florentino Pérez's ACS and the Spanish public company Ingeniería y Economía del Transporte (Ineco) in its updated blacklist of companies with ties and business relationships with Israeli settlements. Nearly 70 more companies have been added to a blacklist of companies from eleven countries that are "complicit in the violation of Palestinian human rights through their business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank," according to the UN.

"Bloodstains"

The minister already announced in July, during the presentation of the event Alliances and actions against the genocide in Palestine, which would provide "all necessary resources" to ensure "that no company operating in Spain has its profit and loss accounts stained with the blood of the Palestinian people." With this announcement, the minister aims to guarantee that "any company operating in Spain abandons all operations linked to Israeli employment, whether directly or indirectly."

The ministry headed by Pablo Bustinduy believes that maintaining this service offering in Spain contributes to "perpetuating Israel's colonial efforts and genocide." Businesses that profit from employment are considered an illegal activity under international law, and, as Albanese's report notes, the Netherlands Prosecutor's Office is investigating complaints about this activity for possible violations of money laundering regulations.