Split within the People's Party over Gaza: Moreno and Rueda admit "genocide" while Ayuso receives Israeli diplomacy.

BarcelonaThe unity of the PP in its position regarding the Israeli massacre in Gaza is cracking. While the president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, shows her support for the Israeli government, some men Internal divisions are emerging over what discourse should be maintained regarding a massacre that has already left more than 65,000 Palestinians dead. First, it was the Galician president, Alfonso Rueda, who called Israel's systematic attacks in the Strip "genocide." The Galician leader (and successor to Alberto Núñez Feijóo in Galicia) thus distanced himself from the official party line and embraced the same terminology that the Spanish government has been using for weeks. which has toughened measures against Netanyahu's executive and, in addition, has already decreed the arms embargo of that state. This Thursday, the president of Andalusia, Juanma Moreno, joined him, doing the same during a control session in the regional parliament, despite Génova continuing to maintain that it should be the International Criminal Court that determines this.

"If you want a semantic discussion to try to put a limit or a wall between Spaniards and Andalusians, you won't find it with me. Do you want me to recognize the genocide? I recognize it, but stop using this population that is having such a hard time," Moreno responded to an interpellation of an interpellation. The president of Aragon, Jorge Azcón, expressed a similar opinion, stating from his regional parliament that "with practical certainty tomorrow" the International Criminal Court will be able to classify the massacre in Palestine as genocide. "I have never said that what is happening in Gaza is not genocide. I will never say that," he added. At the same time, international pressure against Israel is increasing. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has brought forward the vote to decide whether to expel the country from the tournament to November, while UEFA is also considering excluding it from competitions.

The PP leadership, however, assures that the party's position remains the same: they accept that Netanyahu is perpetrating a "massacre" of civilians, but they believe that it is up to international courts to determine whether or not it can be classified as genocide - although it has already done so, for example, a UN commission–. This was stated this Thursday by the deputy secretary general for regional coordination of the People's Party (PP), Elías Bendodo, who sidestepped the controversy by asserting that he is "not the one" to "interpret" the words of a regional president.

The Madrid PP, pro-Israel

From the capital, the Madrid People's Party (PP) is pushing in the opposite direction, following in the footsteps of former PP president José María Aznar, a defender of the Israeli cause. Aznar's allies include both the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, who has openly denied genocide, and Ayuso. The Madrid president met this Thursday with the chargé d'affaires of the Israeli embassy in Spain, Dana Erlich, at the headquarters of the Community of Madrid, and criticized Sánchez's latest moves in the international arena. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has summoned Erlich several times in recent weeks for complaining about the Israeli government's attacks on Sánchez and members of his executive.

At a breakfast briefing, Ayuso took the opportunity to once again attack the Spanish government's strategy with Israel, which she described as "suicidal." "By trying to isolate Israel, Spain is left alone," she said. She also called it "tezanada" the announcement of the dispatch of a navy ship to protect the flotilla heading for Gaza, in reference to the president of the CIS, José Félix Tezanos. The president of Madrid has avoided assessing Felipe VI's speech before the UN - which also did not mention "genocide" - and has expressed "absolute support" for "always" seeking to "discredit" the figure of the king. where he defended the diplomatic position of the Spanish state: a ceasefire to stop the "massacre", a commitment to a two-state solution, and the release of the hostages still held by Hamas. Vox leaders such as Hermann Tertsch have accused the king of having adopted the Spanish government's "socialist pamphlet" at the UN, while MEP Juan Carlos Girauta has maintained that he defended "the indefensible", in an article in The DebateHe has also received criticism from within the ranks of S'Acabat la Festa, Alvise Pérez's party.