Sánchez calls for a ceasefire and demands that Hamas release the hostages: "Peace involves creating two states"

The acting president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, emphasized this Saturday during his participation in the Cairo Peace Summit on the “need” of the international community to “protect all civilians” involved in the conflict, both Palestinians as Israelis.

“We need to protect all civilians. I repeat. To all civilians. “Those who are hostages must be released unconditionally and immediately, and those suffering the horror in Gaza must be helped,” the president said in English.

Before the representatives of 34 countries and international institutions from around the world, Sánchez warned about the “fragility” of the situation and urged the international community to understand that “it cannot postpone” finding a solution to this crisis “from its roots.” .

Sánchez, who traveled to Egypt accompanied by his Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, also affirmed before a large representation of Arab countries the condemnation of Spain and the European Union “of all enmity against Israel” and recognized his right to defense ” according to international laws.”

“We believe that it is going from bad to worse, there are things to solve: the lives of civilians must be protected and help must reach them. That requires an immediate ceasefire to help the people of Gaza (…) And Hamas has to release the hostages without any conditions. And we all have to guarantee that,” Sánchez said.

The president added that for peace, it is also necessary that “the people of Israel have to be clear that the solution to the conflict is that of the two States, Israel and Palestine, in coexistence.”

“For too many years we have thought that we could live without paying much attention to this, but what has happened has proven that we cannot postpone the solution. The international community has shown that if there is a will, there is a future. The Madrid Peace Conference of 1991 and the Oslo Accords are proof of hope,” he asserted.

The acting president of Spain arrived at the Cairo Peace Summit this Saturday to participate in an unprecedented diplomatic meeting to seek a humanitarian solution to the Gaza crisis and address the situation of the “Palestinian question.”

Sánchez was received by the Egyptian president, Abdel Fattah al Sisi, organizer of the meeting, at the Al Masa convention center, located in the New Administrative Capital of Egypt, a new city located in the middle of the desert about 50 kilometers from Cairo .

This meeting constitutes the largest diplomatic mobilization to date to try to stop the escalation of violence between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas after the brutal terrorist attack on October 7 in Israeli territory, which caused at least 1,400 deaths.