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The important thing today is that it is finally rescinded, and that the government of Spain does not do business with a genocidal government, as in this case it is the one massacring the Palestinian people,
said Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz, who heads junior coalition partner Sumar, in announcing the contract’s cancellation Thursday Israel strongly condemns the Spanish government’s decision to unilaterally break a contract signed with the company IMI Systems,
a spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry told Spanish daily El País The Spanish government is sacrificing security considerations for political purposes and continues to be on the wrong side of history against the Jewish state that is defending itself from terrorist attacks on seven fronts,
When a state concludes a contract with another state, it must be respected,
PP leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo told reporters What is the price of cancelling this contract? Who is going to pay it?"
This deal must be rectified. I insist, it is a flagrant violation of the agreements when we are witnessing the live genocide of the Palestinian people.”
In response, Yolanda Díaz, deputy prime minister and leader of Sumar, told reporters in Barcelona Buying this ammunition would have shown that Spain is not supporting Palestine. It would have been a betrayal of the [more than] 50,000 people who have died in Gaza in the genocide there,
Igor Otxoa, of the Guernica Palestine organisation, a civic organisation, told Al Jazeera After exhausting all routes for negotiation, the prime minister, deputy prime minister and ministries involved have decided to rescind this contract with the Israeli company IMI Systems,
a government source, who did not want to be named according to Spanish government practice, told Al Jazeera on Thursday There is a question of not completing promises. The defence minister said Spain would not buy these weapons. We want this to be rectified, and this contract not be completed,
The investment board for dual-use material will deny this company permission to import this equipment to our country for reasons of general interest and, immediately afterwards, the interior ministry will terminate the contract,
The parties that make up the progressive coalition government are firmly committed to the Palestinian cause and to peace in the Middle East,
We demand the immediate rectification of this contract,
We are currently considering all scenarios."
Asked if IU could abandon the coalition government, he told reporters Our commitment to the Palestinian people is absolute,
the platform said in a statement Annulling the contract would have meant paying the company for the order without receiving the agreed materials, which are needed so that the Guardia Civil can fulfil its duties,
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