March 25, 2026
Sanchez calls Center East battle ‘absurd and unlawful,’ worse than Iraq
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has stated the present battle within the Center East is “a lot worse” and extra far-reaching than the 2003 Iraq battle.
Talking in parliament, Sanchez described the battle involving the US, Israel, and Iran as outdoors the worldwide authorized framework.
“This isn’t the identical state of affairs because the unlawful battle in Iraq. We face one thing far worse. A lot worse. With a possible impression that’s far broader and much deeper,” he advised lawmakers.
“This time, it is an absurd and unlawful battle. A merciless one which units us again from reaching our financial, social, and environmental objectives,” he stated.
Sanchez’s authorities final week authorised a sweeping bundle value €5 billion ($5.8 billion) geared toward mitigating the financial impression of the battle within the Center East, together with a discount in gas taxes.
“It isn’t truthful that some set the world on fireplace whereas others bear the ashes. It isn’t proper that Spaniards and different Europeans ought to pay out of their very own pockets for this unlawful battle,” Sanchez stated.
Sanchez, who’s among the many most vocal of Western leaders in his assist for the Palestinian folks, additionally stated that Israel was apparently wreaking the identical degree of destruction on southern Lebanon because it had carried out on Gaza.
“An emboldened Israeli Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu goals to inflict on Lebanon the identical destruction and struggling that was dedicated in Gaza,” he stated, talking a day after Israeli ministers stated they deliberate to grab territory in southern Lebanon.
