Spanish reveal EU-US-UK Israeli infiltration as politicians force cancellation of Israeli arms deal

Spanish reveal EU-US-UK Israeli infiltration as politicians force cancellation of Israeli arms deal

Spanish government has cancelled a multi-million-dollar contract to buy munitions from an Israeli firm - PressTV

The Spanish government has cancelled a multi-million-dollar contract to buy munitions from an Israeli firm. The move followed an outcry within the government over business with the Tel Aviv regime amid its ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Spain Cancels Israeli Arms Contract following Internal Opposition
April 24, 2025 News

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/spain-cancels-israeli-arms-contract-following-internal-opposition/

By Palestine Chronicle Staff

Spain has reportedly cited “public interests” grounds for the cancelation of the arms order.

The Spanish government has canceled a munitions contract worth over $7 million with an Israeli firm, following pressure from its leftwing coalition partner Sumar, according to media reports.

On Wednesday it emerged that the interior ministry would go ahead with the purchase of the 9mm ammunition to be used by the Guardia Civil police force.

This was despite the ministry announcing last year that it had cancelled the purchase of 15.3m bullets from Israel’s IMI Systems, The Guardian reported, because of Spain’s “commitment to neither buying weapons from, nor selling weapons to, the state of Israel following the outbreak of armed conflict in Gaza”.

The news was met with an angry response from the Sumar platform, founded by Yoland Diaz, Spain’s labour minister who is also one of three deputy prime ministers, the report said.

Sumar “called for the immediate cancellation of the contract,” the report added, while the leader of the platform’s United Left group “said he and his colleagues would not tolerate ‘any part of the executive financing a genocidal state.’”
‘Absolute’ Commitment

In a statement cited by The Guardian, the platform said its commitment to the Palestinian people “is absolute.”

“That is why we have repeatedly called for a total embargo on the purchase of weapons from Israeli, for the breaking off of diplomatic relations with Israel, for the imposition of sanctions, and for the international criminal court to be supported in the arrest warrants it has issued for Netanyahu and other members of his government and the Israeli army,” the statement added.

Reuters cited a government source as saying that the Israeli company “would be denied permission to import the defence material by the Spanish authorities on ‘public interest’ grounds, the Interior Ministry would rescind the contract and government lawyers would respond to any subsequent legal claims.”

The Guardian cited government sources as saying that “The parties that make up the progressive coalition government are firmly committed to the Palestinian cause and to peace in the Middle East.”

“That is why Spain will neither buy arms from, nor sell arms to, Israeli companies,” they added.

The sources also said that “any unfulfilled arms orders” from Israel which was placed before October 7, 2023, “would not proceed,” the report noted.

IMI Systems, according to Reuters, is owned by Elbit Systems which has been a target of protest by pro-Palestine movements such as Palestine Action.
Criticism of Other Contracts

Spanish politician Irene Montero, however, said on X on Thursday that “This is not about a contract,” adding “the Government has awarded 9 more contracts and our ports and airports are a stable route for weapons to reach Israel.”

She stressed that Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s “commitment to Sánchez’s commitment to war and rearmament under Trump’s orders also implies complicity with the genocidaires.”