Overview

• Spain’s king is scheduled to speak at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, his first address there since 2016 and the first with Pedro Sánchez in office.
• In recent remarks in New York, Felipe VI endorsed a viable Palestinian state including Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem and condemned the severe humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
• The government wants explicit use of 'genocide' to describe events in Gaza, the Royal Household will decide the final wording, and the opposition PP rejects that term.
• Madrid frames the royal address as a high-level reaffirmation of multilateralism during UN and Spain anniversary milestones.
• Spain’s delegation reacted to President Trump’s confrontational speech on Tuesday, while Sánchez kept a low profile and avoided a direct public clash.