Police deployed to protect Jewish community in Melilla
Ione Belarra, leader of far-left Podemos party, the junior partner in Spain's coalition government, has called for Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to be investigated for war crimes. Photograph: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Imagesare concerned about the impact events in the Middle East could have on relations between communities in the country’s two cities in North Africa., have large Muslim communities which traditionally have coexisted peacefully with the Catholic population.
Gaza stories: ‘I have lost my house, I have lost everything. We are hearing heavy shelling everywhere’“May the peace that we have achieved through the wisdom of all the people of Melilla continue,” he said in a statement posted on social media. “Overseas conflicts, however painful they may be, should not affect this exemplary coexistence that we have.”Police have been deployed to ensure the safety of the city’s Jewish community.
“I hope that in this drama there is an agreement between the and Muslim communities of Ceuta in favour of peace,” he said.
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