The Government of Spain, led by Pedro Sánchezgave lgreen uz to the decree law that restricts the purchase and sale of weapons from Israel in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The measure arrives almost three weeks after its announcement and processing by the urgent route, he said The day.
In that sense, the restriction seeks to cut Spanish participation in the supply of weapons in a context of complaints about human rights violations and genocide From Israel in Palestine.
However, the decree is not total: it includes exceptions that allow transfers of military or technological material if they are considered to affect “national general interests.”
These safeguards, which open the door to certain commercial operations, have been hardly questioned by Organizations such as Greenpeace, which consider the insufficient measure.
“This decree does not constitute an integral, retroactive or transparent embargo. It maintains legal cracks that can perpetuate complicity with the conflict in Gaza,” the NGO said in a statement.
Greenpeace also criticized the lack of clear mechanisms for verification and control over ports, airports and military bases, which could allow the transit of military material to Israel.
If the recognition of the Palestinian State is urgent, it is more urgent that there is a Palestinian people that inhabit it.
In the name of reason, international law and human dignity: let’s stop this massacre.
There will be no solution of two states while one suffers a genocide. pic.twitter.com/wirencjmsn
– Pedro Sánchez (@sánchezCastejon) SEPTEMBER 22, 2025
Spain against Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The text of the decree explicitly prohibits the importation of products from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories.
In addition, deny traffic authorization to ships that transport fuel to Israelfollowing the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of July 2024.
However, critics point out that the exceptions provided by the Spanish government could undermine their effectiveness and perpetuate certain commercial relations with Israeli companies linked to armament.
Executive spokeswoman Pilar Alegría defended the decision, noting that It is an important step to regulate the military and commercial relationship with Israeldespite the technical difficulties of implementation.
In the public debate, the measure generates a balance between the intention of acting in the face of the humanitarian crisis and the reality of maintaining certain strategic and commercial interests of the Spanish State.
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