Pedro Sánchez is leading efforts to bring together European countries that want to recognize the Palestinian State but not do it alone. Israel is now silent in the face of the Spanish president's activism.

The recognition of the Palestinian state is the valve that many governments, especially medium and small countries, have found to satisfy their public opinions. The fact that the Socialist president dedicates himself to politics does not mean that he is not attentive to the polls, writes Juan Carlos Gómez-Gonzalez, a former Spanish foreign minister and ambassador to the United Nations. “The tragedy unfolding before our eyes in Gaza is generating deep unrest in European societies and a feeling of helplessness,” agrees one expert, writes Gómán-Gómz- Gonzales, who is now a professor at the University of La Moncloa in Madrid. He adds: “Many want to do something, but they don't want toDo it alone so as not to make themselves known.”