Spain’s parliament approves Israel arms embargo
Spanish lawmakers have approved the enshrinement in law of an arms embargo on Israel that Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez introduced to end the genocide in Gaza.
The decree passed by a 178-169 vote after it was announced in September by Sanchez, one of the most vocal critics among world leaders of Israel’s two-year war in the Palestinian territory.
Spain bans defence exports, transit of military-use goods to Israel
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The decree bans all exports of defence equipment, products or technology to Israel, and imports of such goods from the country. It also outlaws the transit of aviation fuel with potential military use and bans the advertising of products “coming from illegal colonies in Gaza and the [occupied] West Bank”.
The law allows the government to make exceptions for dual-use defence equipment “if the application of the ban harmed general national interests”.
The Spanish government says it had already banned buying weapons from or selling them to Israel since the start of the war on October 7, 2023.
But PM Pedro Sanchez announced last month a decree to “consolidate in law” the embargo as part of a series of measures against Israel’s offensive.
