Spain is cancelling the purchase of anti-tank rocket systems that were to be produced in Spain by a subsidiary of an Israeli business, the Defense Ministry stated Tuesday, verifying Spanish media reports.
The choice will impact the purchase of 168 SPIKE LR2 anti-tank rocket systems with an approximated worth of 285 million euros ($325 million). The systems would have been established in Spain by Pap Tecnos, a subsidiary of Israel’s Rafael Advance Defense Systems, according to regional press.
The Spanish goverment authorized the job on Oct. 3, 2023, 4 days before an insurgent attack led by Hamas on southern Israel that stimulated a disastrous war in Gaza.
Spain’s leftist federal government states it stopped exporting arms to Israel since Oct. 2, 2023, however there where reports some deliveries slipped through.
In Might in 2015, Spain officially acknowledged a Palestinian state in a collaborated effort with Norway and Ireland.
Israel deals with legal action at 2 worldwide courts in The Hague, Netherlands.
South Africa has actually submitted a case on top United Nations court, the International Court of Justice, declaring genocide by Israel versus Palestinians in Gaza. Israel highly rejects the charge.
Judges at the International Crook Court in 2015 provided arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his previous defense minister, Joav Gallant. The warrants declare criminal activities versus mankind, declaring they utilized “hunger as an approach of warfare” in Gaza. Netanyahu stated Israel “declines with disgust the unreasonable and incorrect actions” by the court.