{"id":19141,"date":"2025-09-14T18:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19141"},"modified":"2025-09-14T18:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T18:04:10","slug":"spain-pm-proud-of-pro-palestinian-protests-at-vuelta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19141","title":{"rendered":"Spain PM &#8216;proud&#8217; of pro-Palestinian protests at Vuelta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday said pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked the Vuelta a Espana filled him with &#8220;pride&#8221; as large demonstrations await the race&#8217;s final stage in Madrid<\/p>\n<p>The protests, which have targeted the Israel-Premier Tech team over the devastating war in Gaza, have disrupted several stages of one of cycling&#8217;s three grand tours and cast doubt on whether the 21-day race could be completed.<\/p>\n<p>The activism has forced some stages to be shortened and occasionally caused crashes as demonstrators burst onto the course, prompting criticism for threatening rider safety and harming Spain&#8217;s image.<\/p>\n<p>In his first public comments on the debate, Sanchez expressed his &#8220;recognition and full respect for the athletes, but also our admiration for a people like Spain&#8217;s which mobilises for just causes, like Palestine&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Spain today shines as an example and as a source of pride, an example to an international community where it sees Spain taking a step forward in the defence of human rights,&#8221; he told a Socialist party gathering in Malaga.<\/p>\n<p>Several members of the leftist government have publicly supported the movement in a country where support for the Palestinian cause is strong.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have ramped up security for Sunday&#8217;s final stage in Madrid, which was slightly shortened and will see 1,100 police officers deploy in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters briefly breached reinforced security and attempted to block the road during the penultimate stage in the Guadarrama mountains outside Madrid on Saturday, forcing cyclists to swerve around them.<\/p>\n<p>The leader of the conservative opposition Popular Party, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, lashed out on X at the protest, which he said &#8220;gave such a shameful image&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of ministers encouraging it, the government should condemn, denounce and prevent it,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Sunday said pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked the Vuelta a Espana filled him with &#8220;pride&#8221; as large demonstrations await the race&#8217;s final stage in Madrid The protests, which have targeted the Israel-Premier Tech team over the devastating war in Gaza, have disrupted several stages of one of cycling&#8217;s three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19141\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}