Overview

• Lawmakers observed a tribute introduced as “in memory of the victims of the genocide that the Palestinian people suffer,” following a request from Sumar and despite PP objections in the Junta de Portavoces to using the word “genocide.”
• The PP remained in the chamber and asked to extend the homage to Israeli victims of the October 7 attacks, but Armengol declined to broaden the wording and did not grant the party the floor before the silence.
• Vox deputies stayed out of the hemicycle, called the act a “great farce,” and accused Pedro Sánchez of using Gaza as a smokescreen for corruption cases.
• The dispute replayed at the regional level as the Galician Parliament failed to agree on a similar gesture after a prolonged argument over terminology, with the PP proposing alternative wording that avoided “genocide.”
• The moment came on the day the Council of Ministers approved an arms embargo on Israel, a move celebrated by Sumar and cited by opponents as part of the political context surrounding the tribute.