Spain: Left Pushes for Total Arms Embargo on Zionist Entity
The Spanish left is intensifying its pressure on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to suspend all current arms contracts with the Zionist entity and urgently implement a “total embargo” on weapons destined for the country, which are perceived as being used against the Palestinian people.
Pablo Bustinduy, the Minister of Social Rights, sent a letter this week to Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles (PSOE/S&D), requesting that Spain halt all ongoing arms sales contracts with companies associated with the Zionist entity, as reported by the Spanish press on Thursday.
This letter was co-signed by five ministers from Sumar, the main partner in the governing coalition, including Bustinduy, who is a former deputy of the radical left party Podemos.
The five Sumar ministers have called for the suspension of “certain contracts” for arms sales to the Zionist entity, although Madrid has not authorized any new contracts of this nature since the escalation of hostilities in Gaza over a year ago, as noted by the Spanish agency EFE.
As a result, the five ministers are urging Pedro Sanchez to cease the supply or transfer of arms, ammunition, and military equipment to the Zionist entity when there are reasonable grounds to suspect they could be used in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The most critical faction within the governing coalition is advocating for Spain to impose a “total embargo” on arms intended for the Zionist entity. In their letter, Bustinduy emphasizes that the International Court of Justice has asserted that states have an obligation not to contribute to the situation created by the Zionist entity’s presence in the occupied territories and must also ensure the cessation of any obstruction to the exercise of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, along with upholding international law.
In May, Prime Minister Sanchez announced that Spain recognized the State of Palestine within its 1967 borders, following in the footsteps of Norway and Ireland.
