Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is invited to Israel

The Spanish Prime Minister called on Israel from the European song competition because of its military action in Gaza.

Pedro Sanchez note Russia has been banned from the competition since 2022 After invading Ukraine, she said that there should not be “double standards”.

Israel ranked second in the big final of the competition in Switzerland on Saturday, but it topped the general vote – as Spanish viewers gave Israel 12 points as a maximum.

The Israeli Diaspora Minister, Amishi Czechli, mocked Sanchez with the position of social media, saying that the vote was a “slap” for the Spanish president, which we heard here in Jerusalem.

BBC News Organizer EUROVISION asked the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to comment.

Speaking at a press conference in Madrid, Sanchez said: “No one was in the weapon when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began three years ago and (Russia) was forced to leave international competitions and we were unable to participate, as we just saw, in Eurovision.

“Therefore, Israel should not, because what we cannot allow is double standards in culture.”

He also expressed solidarity with “the people of Palestine who suffer from the injustice of war and bombing.”

“Spain’s commitment to international law and human rights must be fixed and it must be firm,” he said. “Europe must also be.”

Sanchez and his government, which officially recognized the Palestinian state last year, criticized Israel, and last week in Congress, the Prime Minister referred to the country as a “collective annihilation state.”

Israel strongly denied the accusations of genocide, and the Foreign Ministry summoned the Spanish Ambassador from official reprimand on “Sanchez’s dangerous notes”.

In Eurovision, Televote witnessed from Spain, the Baladi Prize, Israel, the maximum points for its song, which will rise on the New Day by Yuval Raphael. Spanish broadcast network RTVE request since then check From the voices.

Before the Eurovision final on Saturday, RTVE broadcast a message to support the Palestinians – despite its warning against avoiding signs to Gaza by EBU.

Enter Spain, Esa Diva by Melody, finished twenty -fourth in the evening on Saturday in Basel.