Sanchez's investiture groups welcome measures against Israel, but believe they are "late."

Themembers of the investiture of Pedro Sanchez have welcomed the measures against Israelannounced on Monday by the President of the Government, but have said that "they are late and too little" and have asked to go beyond these measures by withdrawing, for example, the Spanish ambassador to Tel Aviv.

During his appearance at the Palais de la Moncloa, Sanchez announced nine measures against Israel because "in the face of the genocide in Gaza, it is imperative to do more", measures that will be implemented immediately, including the legal backbone of the arms embargo, the prohibition of entry into Spain of those involved in genocide and the provision of more humanitarian aid.

Last Thursday, Sintre asked the PSOE for five specific actions against Israel and, following today's announcement, he has also been asked "not to settle" for this and "to take further steps."

On Monday, the Netanyahu government imposed a ban on Israeli access to Israel on Yolanda Díaz and the Minister for Youth and Children, Sira Rego. Rego has accused Israel's veto of "criminalizing those who say there is a massacre in Gaza." 
Mertxe Aizpurua 

Measures, "late"

In a social media message, EH Bildu's congressional spokeswoman, Mertxe Aizpurua, applauded the measures announced by Sanchez, but said they are "late," while MP Oskar Matute called for further steps to "stop the feet" of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

Inan interview with the "En Jake" programme of ETB2, the spokesman jeltzale in the Basque Parliament, Joseba Díez Antxustegi, explained  that "the measures announced by the Spanish Government will be studied", but advanced that "they are going in the right direction".

For his part, ERC's congressional spokesman, Gabriel Rufián, believes that the measures are "fine," but "late."

For its part, theBNG has called for the immediate cessation of relations with Israel and the imposition of sanctions, considering the measures reported by Sanchez to be "insufficient".

On the other hand, Junts has pointed out that the Spanish Government is "pretending". The Catalan Party has called for a permanent ceasefire for Gaza, a halt to the massacres of civilians and the release of the hostages.

Finally, theNGO Amnesty International has also called for further steps with stricter measures, such as the suspension of trade relations with Israel. 

Critics of Sanchez

Among those who have been critical of the announcement made by the Spanish Government are Podemos, PP and Vox. The Secretary General ofPodemos , Ione Belarra, has accused Sánchez of lying about the arms embargo in a social media message: "The Government has spent two years buying and selling weapons for genocide while saying it did not."

The PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, said in an interview in Telecinco that the measures announced by Sanchez are due to the demands of his government partners and should take the matter to Europe, where the entire European Council should "clearly" decide what sanctions should be imposed on Israel.

For Vox's spokesman , José Antonio Fuster, Sanchez has expressed his "regret" for the fact that  "is not a nuclear bomb" but "not to defend Spain, but to help Hamas."