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Amnesty requests info on ship in line with Spain’s arms embargo on Israel

The head of Amnesty International has welcomed what she called the Spanish government’s “response to the ongoing genocide” in Gaza and requested information in line with implementing the government’s commitment.

Agnes Callamard wrote in a post on X that the global rights organisation welcomes the decisions to ban new arms export licences and to reject requests for ships carrying arms for Israel to stop in Spanish ports.

“We therefore call on them to ensure these measures are implemented without exception,” she said.

Spain’s El Pais daily newspaper reported that Amnesty International has called on the Spanish government to verify the cargo of a Maersk ship suspected of transporting weapons to Israel that arrived at the port of Barcelona on Friday and will stop in Algeciras on August 6.


Ben-Gvir reiterates his call for re-establishing illegal Israeli settlements in Gaza

Israel’s far-right national security minister has repeated his call for Israel to push Palestinians out of Gaza and build new settlements there.

In a post on X, Itamar Ben-Gvir lamented that Israel dismantled its settlements in Gaza in 2005 – a move he protested at the time – and said Israel should re-establish them.

“The lesson remains clear and simple today: We must go home. To Gush Katif,” Ben-Gvir said, using a term referring to a group of 17 old Israeli settlements in the enclave.

“To all of Gaza,” he continued. “The ones who need to leave are the enemies – not the lovers of the land.”