Madrid, May 15 -- Spanish President Pedro Sanchez on Thursday (local time) strongly hit back at Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz over his remarks targeting FC Barcelona golden boy Lamine Yamal after the young FC Barcelona star waved a Palestinian flag during the open-top bus parade celebrations that took place on the occasion of the Catalan club winning their 29th La Liga title.

Sanchez, in a post on X, accused Katz, without naming the Israeli minister, of having "lost judgement" and being "blinded by ignominy" for describing Yamal's gesture as an act of incitement against Israel.

"Those who consider waving the flag of a State to be 'inciting hatred' have either lost their judgement or been blinded by their own ignominy. Lamine has ...