<h6><strong>The Diplomat</strong></h6> <h4><strong>The PP has declined to clarify its position on the vote on the arms embargo on Israel, which will take place this Tuesday. Sumar, the minority party in the coalition government, has asked Podemos, which has also not commented, to "rise to the occasion" and vote in favor of the decree law approved by the Executive.</strong></h4> The Congress plenary session will debate and vote this Tuesday on the ratification of the Royal Decree-Law adopting urgent measures against the genocide in Gaza and in support of the Palestinian population. On behalf of the government, the text will be defended by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise, Carlos Cuerpo. "Throughout the debate, we will inform the Spanish people of our position," Cuca Gamarra, the PP's deputy secretary for Institutional Regeneration, told the press. "What is clear is that when we talk about making decisions regarding the termination of contracts that affect national security, it must be absolutely guaranteed that national security is not affected," she continued. In this regard, Gamarra recalled that the decree-law even provides for exceptions in the name of national security and the general interest, something that "must be assessed and taken into account, because we must not put the security of all Spaniards at risk." In any case, the PP leader described the choice of October 7, the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks, as "unacceptable." For her part, the general coordinator of Sumar, Lara Hernández, asked Podemos to "rise to the occasion of the vote and the historic moment" and vote "in favor of the embargo" and "in favor of humanity," because "voting against the decree embargoing Israel is supporting the genocidaires." Junts confirmed its intention to vote in favor last week. Therefore, Podemos's vote will be crucial for the government's proposal to pass. If it votes against, the royal decree would receive exactly half of the votes (if the PP also votes against it, in addition to Vox and UPN), which, in compliance with the rules of the Lower House, would defeat the proposal. Podemos has not yet announced how it will vote, stating only that it will announce it on Tuesday. <h5><strong>Sumar: peace conference versus Trump's plan</strong></h5> On the other hand, the second vice president of the government and leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, proposed this Sunday the holding of a peace conference for Palestine in Madrid so that the Palestinians can "freely decide their future." She urged the government to "break all relations with Israel" and the EU to suspend the European Union's trade association agreement with that country. Lara Hernández insisted on her leader's proposal this Monday, warning that "any peace plan constructed in an all-you-can-eat format for (US President Donald) Trump, signed at a table with a war criminal like (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu, that lacks international guarantees and in which the Palestinian people are not listed as a stakeholder, is undoubtedly a peace plan that has no guarantee of being either just or lasting." On this issue, Sumar has also encountered pushback from Podemos, whose co-spokesperson and organizing secretary, Pablo Fernández, has rejected the term "peace" for the conference because in Gaza "there is not a war, but a genocide."
