US EditionSpain to purchase Israel bullets, angers leftist coalition
- Spain is purchasing 15.3 million rounds of ammunition from an Israeli company for €6.6 million, raising concerns within its left-wing coalition government.
- Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz criticized the purchase, stating it violates agreements to cease military dealings with Israel over the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
- Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska sought to stop the purchase, but the Public Attorney's Office advised against it, leading to a €6.6 million contract.
- The purchase has angered coalition partners, with Izquierda Unida considering abandoning the government as they evaluate all options regarding the contract.
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The background to the controversial purchase of 15 million bullets from an Israeli company: 9,216 pistols from the same manufacturer
The controversial award by the Ministry of the Interior of a contract of 6,6 million euros to the Israeli company Guardian Defense & Homeland Security S.A. for the supply of 15 million bullets of the 9 mm caliber has antecedent that goes back to October 2020. Then, when there were still three years before the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip and, therefore, the Government of Pedro Sanchez had not announced a “embargo” to the arms trade with…
The interior reaffirms that it does not buy weapons from Israel, but it justifies acquiring bullets because it cannot cancel the payment.
The Ministry of the Interior has reaffirmed itself this Wednesday, following strong criticisms from Sumar and other government partners, in the commitment of the Executive of Pedro Sánchez not to sell or buy weapons to the State of Israel, but justifying the acquisition of 15 million bullets from a company in this country due to the impossibility of cancelling the payment of a "necessary" material for the services provided by the Civil Guard."Th…
Bullets Purchase From Israel Rattles Spain’s Leftist Coalition
A decision by Spain's Socialist government to backtrack on a promise to cancel a contract to buy bullets from an Israeli firm drew a rebuke on Wednesday from its junior coalition partners, with some allies threatening to withdraw support. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's minority government has struggled to pass legislation since securing a new term by cobbling together an alliance of left-wing and regional separatist
Bullets purchase from Israel rattles Spain's leftist coalition
MADRID - A decision by Spain's Socialist government to backtrack on a promise to cancel a contract to buy bullets from an Israeli firm drew a rebuke on Wednesday from its junior coalition partners, with some allies threatening to withdraw support. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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