The government in Spain It canceled a contract of approximately 700 million euros for multiple Pulses of Israeli rocket launchers in the echo of the embargo on weapon systems contracts with the Israel which was confirmed last week, according to official documents that came to the knowledge of the French Agency today.
This contract, which was entrusted to a consortium of companies from Spain, provided for the acquisition of 12 Puls systems by the Israeli group Elbit Systems, according to the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS).
The cancellation of this contract, written by the Spanish press and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, was formalized on the official Spanish platform that records public contracts in a document dated September 9, according to a French agency reporter.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced new measures aimed at “ending the genocide in Gaza”, which mainly predict the “establishment” of the embargo on Israeli contracts with Israel, which is already implemented de facto.
On September 9, the cancellation of another contract specifically provided for the purchase of 168 Spike LR2 anti -tank rocket launchers, who were to be built in Spain with the Israeli company license, was also formalized on the same platform, according to AFP.
The amount of the contract was € 287.5 million and its cancellation had already been announced in the press last June.
According to the La Vanguardia newspaper, the Spanish government is currently conducting a major study plan to make its armed forces not have Israeli weapons.
The Spanish prime minister is one of the most critical voices in Europe against his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and the attacks on Gaza in response to Hamas’ attack on Israeli territory on October 7th.
Relations between the two countries have been extremely tense for months. Israel no longer has an ambassador to Spain after the recognition of the Palestinian state by the Pedro Sanchez government in 2024, and Madrid also recalled its ambassador to Israel last week, following very strong statements between the two countries following the two countries.
The Spanish interior ministry had already decided in April to terminate a contract with an Israeli company for the purchase of ammunition, partly under the pressure of the far -left Sumar party, a government partner of the Socialists.
The Delàs Center, a Barcelona -based research institute specializing in security and defense, had estimated in April that after the start of the Gaza war, Madrid had assigned Israeli companies 46 contracts of 1,044 trillions of dollars.