US EditionSpain’s PM Announces Total Arms Embargo on Israel and Labels Attacks on Palestinians ‘Genocide’
Spain imposes a permanent arms embargo on Israel and bans imports from illegal settlements, increasing humanitarian aid by €160 million to support Palestinians amid the Gaza conflict.
- On September 8, 2025, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced a permanent arms embargo on Israel and nine new measures in Madrid to pressure it to end the Gaza offensive.
- The move follows Spain's May 2024 recognition of Palestine and internal debate within Sánchez's coalition over labeling Israel's actions as genocide against Gaza civilians.
- The measures involve banning arms exports to Israel, stopping imports from settlements considered illegal, preventing ships and planes carrying weapons from accessing Spanish ports and airspace, and boosting financial support for the Palestinian Authority as well as increasing contributions to UNRWA.
- Sánchez acknowledged that while these actions are unlikely to stop the war crimes, they aim to influence Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decisions and alleviate the hardships faced by Palestinians; meanwhile, Israel accused Spain of antisemitism and barred two Spanish government ministers from entering the country.
- Spain's actions escalate diplomatic tensions, signaling greater European support for Palestinians amid ongoing Gaza famine, displacement of two million people, and over sixty thousand deaths.
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Prime Minister Sánchez announced an arms embargo, among other things, and there is no problem using the word "genocide"
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez presented on Monday a set of decisions "to end the genocide in Gaza".
The coalition's partners demanded greater strength from Sánchez, who is taking the initiative with measures such as the arms embargo while a group of countries are following the wake of recognition of the Palestinian state.The PP avoids calling the Israeli destruction of Gaza a genocide and attacks Sánchez 63,000 Gazans killed, more than 150,000 wounded and two million displaced persons, a growing famine, and “delusive” plans to build a ‘Middle …
Spain issues arms embargo, bans anyone who 'directly participates in genocide'
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Monday that Spain will "increase pressure" on Israel by banning ships and planes carrying weapons en route to Israel from visiting Spanish ports or entering Spanish airspace. Spain will also increase aid to the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and impose an embargo on goods manufactured in Israeli settlements in the occupied Pale…
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