Overview

• At the inauguration of the FAES campus in Madrid, José María Aznar said that if Israel loses, the Western world would be on the verge of total defeat.
• He put Israel and Ukraine on the same plane of importance, warning that a Russian victory would leave Europe facing a pressing risk of war.
• Aznar accused Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of using Gaza to cover corruption issues, saying Sánchez does not care about Palestinians or Sahrawis and citing a failure to back Venezuela’s opposition.
• He said the transatlantic bond is in crisis and criticized U.S. tariff policy under President Donald Trump for punishing allies such as Japan, South Korea and India.
• Speaking alongside former Chilean president Eduardo Frei, Aznar declined to say whether the situation in Gaza amounts to genocide.