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Spain Cancels Major Arms Deal with Elbit in Second Canceled Israeli Contract This Week
Spain's government halted over €1 billion in Israeli arms contracts as part of an embargo responding to the Gaza conflict, including a €700 million deal with Elbit Systems.
- On September 9, Spain's government cancelled a nearly €700 million arms contract with Elbit Systems for 12 SILAM rocket launchers, publicized via Spain's state contracts platform.
- Last week, Sánchez moved to enshrine a ban on military equipment sales with Israel, calling it a response to what Spain's leftist government terms 'the genocide in Gaza.'
- Elbit's PULS-based systems included a dozen launchers plus radars, drones, and support vehicles intended for domestic production with Escribano Mechanical & Engineering and Rheinmetall Expal Munitions under Spain's SILAM program.
- This is the second cancellation in September, bringing total cancelled deals to nearly €1 billion, as Madrid formalized a full arms embargo, summoned Dana Erlich, and Spain recalled its ambassador while Israel withdrew its own.
- Officials are reviewing additional agreements to phase out Israeli weapons from Spain's armed forces, while Spain's decree bars Israeli-bound ships and aircraft and boosts humanitarian aid to UNRWA.
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Spain cancels major Israel arms deal
The Spanish government has cancelled a contract worth nearly 700 million euros ($825 million) for Israeli-designed rocket launchers, according to an official document seen Monday by AFP. The move comes after Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced last week that his government would "consolidate in law" a ban on military equipment sales or purchases with Israel over its offensive in Gaza. The contract, awarded to a consortium of Spanish companies…
The Spanish government has officially announced the cancellation of an arms contract worth approximately 700 million euros, which was earmarked for the purchase of Israeli-designed rocket launchers. This is the latest escalation in a series of measures taken by Madrid to pressure Tel Aviv over its ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip.
In the wake of the embargo on arms contracts with the Hebrew state "to put an end to the genocide in Gaza", the government of Pedro Sánchez cancelled a contract with the Israeli group Elbit Systems.
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