Sánchez's skid: the difference between visiting Israel and holding a rally in Fuenlabrada

The truth is that he is not capable of behaving like a president of the Government either inside or outside of Spain.. And that, for that reason, it is not accepted at the table of the elders.

The supposed capacity for interplanetary leadership that the troubadours of the Sanchista ruling party talk about has never corresponded to reality. There is a subtle distinction between knowing how to speak English and other leaders recognizing your moral authority and wanting to listen to you..

From the beginning, he aroused misgivings in the main Western foreign ministries due to the composition of his Government.. Nobody can be surprised by this: there are better business cards than the presence of communists in the council of ministers of your country.

Later, he showed his lack of expertise in foreign policy by unbalancing Spain's historical position in the context of the tension between Algeria and Morocco..

Then, he confirmed his weakness by publicly admitting that his phone and that of other members of the executive were within reach of foreign espionage for no less than 14 months..

And, then, he confirmed the measure of his international stature by calling general elections during the Spanish turn of the EU presidency.. They told everyone it would never happen, but that's what happened. In the foreign policy scenario, no matter how tremendous the parties are, surprises are not very funny and “changes of opinion” are not much celebrated..

Especially now, as the European Union goes through momentous turbulence. The barren semester that Sánchez leaves on the continent entails an irreparable loss of his personal reliability, but also a serious deterioration in the prestige of our country.

The visit that caused this crisis was held, precisely, within the rotating framework of the European presidency. Therefore, Sánchez's role was not to represent our country, but rather the entire EU..

Unfortunately, it has not represented the interests of the Spanish people nor those of the rest of Europeans.. The President of the Government has harmed Spain and Europe by behaving in Israel as if he were at a rally in Fuenlabrada.

He has weakened Spain because in his statements, within the national conflict, it may even be somewhat tolerable for a leader to go beyond what he should in such a delicate matter.. But when a president is away, in the Middle East no less, it is essential that he exercise caution.. Megaphone diplomacy is incompatible with the political responsibility that must be demanded of any Government.

Our country meets all the necessary conditions to deploy not a megaphone diplomacy, but an effective diplomacy that places our nation among the mediators and facilitators, that is, as part of the solution to the different problems in Latin America, North Africa and also in the Middle East. However, this requires skill and discretion that this Government cannot offer..

Sánchez has weakened the EU because the position of such relevant partners as France and Germany, to name just two, is very far from what he has expressed in Israel as a representative of the entire continent.. This is the type of slip-up that explains why it is not part of the real decision-making table.. They don't even summon him.

Additionally, it has also advanced the unilateral Spanish recognition of Palestine if this does not occur within the framework of the EU, breaking the principle of unity in foreign policy that any truly European leader must respect and promote, even if only out of elemental loyalty..

This is a serious mistake that strengthens Netanyahu. The current Israeli prime minister, already under discussion before October 7, his credibility severely damaged since the terrorist massacre, has just received a gift that will not improve the conflict situation, but may bring additional problems and suffering..

The offense left by this visit to Israel reflects Netanyahu's aggressive speech, as well as his desire to remain in power, exploiting the feeling of helplessness that a large part of the population feels in the face of the existential threat posed by terrorism..

He has the speech done. The story will come out only because it can be developed with the materials of what is true. The truth is that Spain has (at least) two pro-Hamas ministers in the Government. And the truth is that Sánchez's press conference was held yesterday at the place where the hostages were released, without him having lifted a finger to get them out of kidnapping.. It is difficult to script a major imposture. And it is difficult to imagine more powerful ingredients for repudiation and discredit to emerge..

This mistake strengthens Hamas. Nothing benefits terrorists more than the moral relativism of democratic nations. These fundamentalists want to erase Israel from the face of the Earth, they are using its population as cannon fodder, and they use hospitals and schools as nerve centers for their murderous infrastructure.. Anything other than defeating them completely will be an ethically and materially incomplete task..

Talking about the “two-state” solution without first demanding that there be “zero terrorism” may look cute on social networks, but it does not serve to take away even a bullet from the nightmare..

To ignore that Israel, like Ukraine, is on this side of the border of the democratic model, that fundamentalism seeks to destroy the reason to impose dogmatism, is to morally arm the fundamentalists..

It is much easier, of course, to put the “Palestinian” around your neck. Use the cause of equality as a weapon within your country and remain silent before the rapes of Israeli civilians, or the savage oppression of Arab women.

In these contradictions, in this dangerous exhibitionism of a false moral superiority, is what the woke left is in, which, paradoxically, acts as a loudspeaker for the propaganda of fundamentalism.

That's clear. The mystery, the real mystery, is who the hell could have thought that a statement like this could be a good idea.. The same thing goes there: the majority of Spaniards are against the amnesty, the majority of the left sides with Palestine. Smokescreen.