Spain permanently withdraws ambassador as rift with Israel deepens

MADRID: Spain permanently withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Tuesday as a diplomatic ​standoff worsened between the two countries over Spain’s opposition to the US-Israeli attacks on Iran. The ambassador was summoned back to Spain last September amid a diplomatic row over Spanish measures banning aircraft and ships ‌carrying weapons ‌to Israel from ​its ‌ports ⁠or ​airspace due to ⁠Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, which Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar denounced as antisemitic.

Raccontata daelpais.comdailysabah.comilgazzettino.itarabnews.com