MADRID: Spain&#39;s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday called on the international community to &quot;raise its voice&quot; to prevent the plight of Palestinians from being forgotten, during a meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas. PM Sanchez also repeated Madrid&#39;s support for a two-state solution, describing it as &quot;the only possible solution&quot; to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He stressed that the recent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza must be real and not &quot;fictitious,&rdquo; and insisted that attacks on civilians must end. &quot;The year 2025 has been terrible for the Palestinian people,&quot; the Socialist prime minister said as he stood alongside Abbas in Madrid. &quot;Genuine peace must be based on justice. Those responsible for this genocide will be held accountable, sooner or later.&quot; Abbas thanked Spain for recognizing the State of Palestine in May 2024 and praised Madrid&#39;s leadership in building an international coalition to expand recognition.&nbsp; He also called for an end to violence in Gaza and the West Bank. Spain, where support for the Palestinian cause is strong, has been one of Europe&#39;s most vocal critics of Israel&#39;s military offensive in Gaza following the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, that started the war.

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PM Sanchez repeats Madrid's support for two-state solution, describes it as "the only possible solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Spain PM urges world to 'raise its voice' for Palestinians