Spain Halts $7.5M Ammunition Deal With Israel

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The ammunition deal received a lot of criticism from the governing far-left group.

The Spanish government cancelled a $7.5 million ammunition deal with Israel on Thursday, April 25, following criticism of the deal from the far-right allies within the governing minority coalition. 

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The socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, stopped the deal after Sumar, a group of left-wing parties, threatened to pull out of the governing coalition. 

The prime minister, deputy prime minister, and the ministries decided to cancel the contract with Israel's IMI Systems. 

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In February last year, Spain said that it would not purchase weapons from Israel, but in the same month, the country's Ministry of Interior signed a deal with IMI Solutions to buy 15 million rounds of ammunition, which was to be used by Spain's semi-military police force, the Civil Guard. 

However, protests from Sumar led the government to second-guess the deal, but on Wednesday, April 23, the Interior Ministry said that it would proceed with the ammunition deal. 

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They made this decision six months after working towards cancelling it, to avoid paying compensation to the Israeli company. 

The deputy prime minister and leader of Sumar, Yolanda Díaz, opposed this decision in Barcelona because of the ongoing "live genocide of the Palestinian people".

Israel has criticised Spain's decision, saying that the country is "sacrificing security considerations for political purposes”.

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