Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez ordered the Minister of the Interior Fernando, Grande-Marlaka, to unilaterally terminate the weapons agreement with the Israeli company.
Critics, inside and outside the government, considered the agreement as a contradiction of the vocal condemnation of Spain of the ongoing military operations in Israel in Gaza, where the death toll would have exceeded 50,000.
Spain has been among the most frank European criticisms of the Israel campaign in Gaza and has applied an embargo on arms trade with Israel since 2023.
The cancellation of the ammunition contract has caused political troubles within the Sánchez coalition in recent days, after the Spanish media reported that the agreement had progressed despite the opposite government.
“The important thing today is that it is finally canceled and that the Government of Spain does not do business with a genocidal government, as in this case, it is the one who massages the Palestinian people,” said Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz, who heads the partner of the Junior Sumar coalition, announcing the announcement of the announcement on Thursday.
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