The Irish, Spanish, and Norwegian Ambassadors were reprimanded Thursday at Israel’s Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem over the decisions by their governments to recognize Palestine as a state.
The ambassadors met with Foreign Ministry Director-General Yaakov Blitshtein. They were shown the short video released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum depicting the moment five of the remaining 132 hostages were taken captive during the Hamas-led October 7 attack.
The five young women can be seen, in some cases, with their hands tied behind their backs and with bloodied faces.
לאחר שמדינותיהם הכירו במדינה פלסטינית: במשרד החוץ נערכת כעת שיחת נזיפה לשגרירי אירלנד, ספרד ונורווגיה - בה מוקרן בפניהם תיעוד חטיפת התצפיתניות@milleryuval_ pic.twitter.com/X0Np4tu6q9
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Threats of rape
One of the captors appears to be threatening to rape the women.
The Ambassadors from Spain, Maria Salomon Perez and Sonya McGuinness of Ireland were themselves female.
The Norwegian Ambassador, Per Egil Selvaag, had hosted one of the 1,200 victims of the October 7 attack — Vivian Silver — less than one week before she was killed in that attack.