On 25 January, Israel’s Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Anti-Semitism, Amichai Chikli, sent a letter to the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albars. In his letter, Chikli clearly points out the initiatives being taken in Spain in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance and against the Zionist entity. In particular, it draws attention to several groups: the Samidoun network acting in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners; Masar Badil, the Palestinian Revolutionary Road Movement; and the Popular Front for Palestinian Liberation (PFLP) itself.

To open the letter, the Zionist minister reminds Albars that "Israel and other Western countries", such as the European Union and the Spanish state, have the PFLP as a "terrorist group". "However, we are seeing that the PFLP and its statements are acting openly in Spain," said Chiklik. An example of this is the participation of many Palestinians in various "public events", or the invitation of the municipal authorities of Barcelona to Layla Khaled "without any effect", and accuses the Spanish Ministry of the Interior or other government bodies that all this has been authorized.

In this regard, the Zionist Minister has emphasized the initiatives organized by Samidoun. To criminalise the solidarity network with Palestine, he is accused of making statements "against the Jews and in favour of terrorism", in a Madrid mobilisation. However, he has not given any explanation for these allegations. Chikli's letter states that the Masar Badil movement is also "in action" in Spain, and accuses this movement of "publicly protecting" the counter-attack of the Palestinian resistance on 7 October.

Also in this letter, the Zionist authorities use the excuse of "combating anti-Semitism and associated terror" to criminalise Palestinian resistance and its solidarity. Even if it seems ironic, the Israeli minister calls on the "world democracies" to fight "consternation" and with this excuse calls on the Spanish Government to outlaw its solidarity with the Palestinian resistance. Thus, Chiklik demands that he take "real measures" in the letter addressed to Albars, against the "actions of Masar Badil, Samidou and PFLP".

"They do not want to let those of us who defend Palestinian resistance without shame and without complexes make our free statements," said Samidoun de Euskal Herria, following the latest complaints and demands of the Zionist authorities.

Measures against Samids in the West

Solidarity with Palestinian resistance has already been criminalised in western states, such as the Samidoun network. On 7 October the Palestinians went to the counter-attack and governments and institutions were soon directed against Samidoun: In Germany, for example, that same month the solidarity network was banned and the debate on Samidoun was brought to the European Parliament.

PFLP is declared illegal in the European Union, the United States and Great Britain, among others.