{"id":119028,"date":"2025-05-21T05:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/119028\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T05:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:57:08","slug":"spains-parliament-urges-govt-to-impose-arms-embargo-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/119028\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s parliament urges gov&#8217;t to impose arms embargo on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spain\u2019s parliament on Tuesday passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to impose an arms embargo on Israel in response to its military operations in Gaza.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The motion, introduced by the leftist Sumar alliance, part of the ruling coalition, along with opposition parties Podemos and the Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC), was approved by a vote of 176-171, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/europe\/spanish-parliament-passes-non-binding-motion-urging-arms-embargo-on-israel\/3574435\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">foreign media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The conservative People\u2019s Party (PP) and the far-right Vox voted against the proposal, while all other parties supported it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Lawmakers in favor applauded the motion, which urges the Spanish government to ban the exports of any material that could strengthen the Israeli military, including helmets, vests, and fuel with potential military use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The motion also recommends reforming Spain\u2019s foreign trade legislation to prohibit military agreements with any state accused of committing genocide or crimes against humanity, specifically citing Israel\u2019s offensive on Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Sumar spokesperson Veronica Martinez said Spain &#8220;cannot cooperate with a state that commits genocide or war crimes,&#8221; adding that Israel\u2019s arms industry &#8220;must not be supported under the current circumstances in Gaza.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">Podemos leader Ione Belarra called on the Spanish Cabinet to convene an emergency session this week to issue a formal decree banning arms sales to Israel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s parliament on Tuesday passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to impose an arms embargo on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[53274,2000,299,2194,837,1814,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-119028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-arms-embargo","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-gaza","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-palestine","14":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114544289058145294","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}