{"id":321739,"date":"2026-01-09T09:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=321739"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:48:10","slug":"spanish-pm-open-to-sending-troops-to-maintain-peace-in-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=321739","title":{"rendered":"Spanish PM open to sending troops to maintain peace &#8216;in Palestine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2026\/01\/08\/image-349244-1767873537.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"285\"\/><figcaption>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MADRID, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said  he was prepared to deploy troops to &#8220;Palestine&#8221; for peacekeeping &#8220;when the opportunity presents itself&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I will propose to parliament, when the opportunity presents itself, that we send peacekeeping troops to Palestine, once we can see how to advance this task of pacification,&#8221; he told a gathering of Spanish ambassadors in Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Of course, we have not forgotten Palestine and the Gaza Strip&#8230; Spain must actively participate in rebuilding hope in Palestine. The situation there remains intolerable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanchez also reiterated his support for sending peacekeeping forces to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spanish government, which recognised the State of Palestine in 2024, has been one of Europe&#8217;s most vocal critics of Israel&#8217;s offensive in Gaza, launched following the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of last year, Sanchez called for raising awareness about the &#8220;dramatic situation&#8221; of Palestinians during a meeting in Madrid with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MADRID, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was prepared to deploy troops to &#8220;Palestine&#8221; for peacekeeping &#8220;when the opportunity presents itself&#8221;. &#8220;I will propose to parliament, when the opportunity presents itself, that we send peacekeeping troops to Palestine, once we can see how to advance this task of pacification,&#8221; he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[209,217],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321739"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321740,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321739\/revisions\/321740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}