Overview

• Congress began its plenary with a minute of silence “in memory of the victims of the genocide that suffers the people of Palestine,” a formula set by chamber president Francina Armengol after a proposal from Sumar.
• Vox deputies skipped the tribute, calling it “a great farce,” and accused the government of using Gaza as a political smokescreen following new corruption scrutiny involving the prime minister’s brother.
• The PP stayed in the chamber but opposed the use of “genocide” and unsuccessfully sought to broaden the wording to include Israelis killed on 7 October 2023; Armengol did not grant the PP the floor before the tribute.
• After an acrimonious false start a day earlier, the Parliament of Galicia ultimately held a minute of silence condemning a “genocide,” accepting a PSdeG text with backing from the PPdeG, though the agreed statement was not read aloud.
• Galician president Alfonso Rueda said the chamber had “consciously” condemned a genocide, while opposition parties criticized the PP for earlier resistance to the term as casualty counts in Gaza have surpassed 60,000.