Spain's socialist president, Pedro Sánchez, was inaugurated for a new term Monday. Sira Rego was appointed as his new minister of children and youth. She is a left-wing activist who defended the Hamas massacre against Israel on Oct. 7 and maintained that Palestine has "the right to resist."
The statement was made after the details of the attack, including the terrorists' kidnapping of Israeli citizens, were made public.
"Palestine has the right to resist after decades of occupation, apartheid and exile. Faced with those who today defend returning to collective punishment by bombing the Gaza Strip, it is urgent to defend international law. The only solution is the end of the occupation," Rego wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
#Palestina tiene derecho a resistir tras décadas de ocupación, apartheid y exilio.
Frente a quienes hoy defienden volver al castigo colectivo bombardeando la Franja de Gaza, es urgente defender el derecho internacional.
La única solución es el fin de la ocupación. pic.twitter.com/hI2kLNiKvl— Sira Rego🔻🇵🇸 (@sirarego) October 7, 2023
According to local media outlets such as El Debate, Rego was born in Spain but was raised in Palestine, and her family lives in the West Bank. In addition, she has posted several anti-Israeli messages on social media and has described Israel's actions as "genocidal." Meanwhile, she has not spoken out against the murders of Israelis at the hands of Hamas terrorists.
"No water, no electricity, no food, no fuel, no place for shelter... Now they are also bombing hospitals and have killed more than 500 innocent people. Israel, genocidal," she said in another message on X.
Esto es un crimen de guerra.
Ni agua, ni luz, ni alimentos, ni combustible, ni lugar donde refugiarse….
Ahora también bombardean hospitales y matan a más de 500 inocentes.Israel, genocida.https://t.co/YVH3fRImZ9 pic.twitter.com/ZJ6xUnxNb5
— Sira Rego🔻🇵🇸 (@sirarego) October 17, 2023
'To say that Lenin committed genocide expresses that you are far-right'
Likewise, the organization Action and Communication on the Middle East (ACOM) reported that Rego protested in the vicinity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with members of Samidoun, an organization recently banned in Germany for antisemitism, according to information published by Europa Press.
"In the speeches it was stated 'we recognize the right to armed struggle,' which we have already seen in all crudeness what it means: kidnappings of the elderly and children, teenagers raped, murders in cold blood, families locked up and burned, and babies dismembered," said ACOM.
Sira Rego, nueva Ministra de @sanchezcastejon, en concentración frente al Ministerio de Exteriores, junto a miembros de Samidoun, organización recientemente prohibida en Alemania por su vinculación y defensa del yihadismo.
En los discursos se manifestó "reconocemos el derecho a… pic.twitter.com/Uc9yPDhlzy— Acción y Comunicación sobre Oriente Medio - ACOM (@ACOM_es) November 20, 2023
Her justification of Hamas' massacre against Israel is not the only controversial stance that Rego has made. The now minister of children and youth also defended Vladimir Lenin and insisted that what the Russian did was not genocide.
"To say that Lenin committed genocide expresses that you are far-right and have read very little about universal history," Rego said during a debate on Spanish television.
Así defendió la nueva ministra de Infancia y Juventud a Lenin en 2019: «Decir que Lenin es un genocida expresa que usted es de extrema derecha y ha leído muy poco sobre la historia universal». pic.twitter.com/IPDFdKfvj5
— THE OBJECTIVE (@TheObjective_es) November 20, 2023
Finally, a video was also posted in which he is seen crossing out a sign in a bathroom in the European Parliament indicating that it is for the exclusive use of members of Parliament. Rego crosses out the word "members" and writes "all" on the sign.
Se viraliza un vídeo de la nueva Ministra de Infancia y Juventud, Sira Rego, pintando los baños de la Eurocámara en 2019: «¿Aseos de uso exclusivo? De eso nada». pic.twitter.com/8Ar53UBAvc
— THE OBJECTIVE (@TheObjective_es) November 20, 2023
