Spain scraps contested Israeli arms deal after uproar

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PM Pedro Sanchez intervened to avoid a damaging political fallout with far-left allies in Spain’s coalition government.
Aljazeera
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Israel’s Foreign Ministry harshly criticized the Spanish government Thursday for canceling a controversial €6.6 million deal involving the purchase of 15 million bullets from an Israeli company.
Politico Europe
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Spain, a long-time critic of Israel's policies in the Palestinian territories, pledged in October 2023 to stop selling weapons to Israel over its war with Hamas in Gaza and last year widened that commitment to include weapons purchases.
Reuters
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Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has been one of the most outspoken critics of Israel’s prosecution of the war in Gaza, questioning whether it is following international humanitarian law and calling the number of Palestinian deaths “truly unbearable”.
Guardian

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