ISRAEL AT WAR – DAY 567
Spain has awarded 46 contracts worth more than one billion euros ($1.2 billion) to Israeli defense firms since the outbreak of the Gaza war, breaking the leftist government’s pledge not to trade arms with Israel, researchers say.
Their conclusions come after a now-cancelled deal with an Israeli company to supply bullets to the Spanish Civil Guard rocked the Socialist-led minority coalition government this week.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of the most outspoken critics of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, halted weapons transactions with Israel after the start of the war following Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
But according to Centre Delas, a Barcelona-based left-wing think tank specializing in security and defense, the government has granted 46 contracts worth 1,044,558,955 euros ($1.2 billion) to Israeli companies based on data published on a public tenders platform.
Of the 46 contracts, which include deals for rocket launchers and missiles, 10 have not been formalized, the think tank says in a statement that previews an upcoming report.
“It is clearly demonstrated that the government lied, there was no pledge, that was pure propaganda,” report co-author Eduardo Melero tells AFP.
Although some contracts were to maintain or modernize previously acquired products, others were new deals that “could increase the dependence… on an industry essential to perpetrate a genocide,” Centre Delas alleges.
Israel vehemently rejects accusations that its war against Hamas in Gaza constitutes genocide, saying it targets terror groups embedded in the civilian population and takes far-reaching steps to minimize harm to innocents.
Supporting The Times of Israel isn’t a transaction for an online service, like subscribing to Netflix. The ToI Community is for people like you who care about a common good: ensuring that balanced, responsible coverage of Israel continues to be available to millions across the world, for free.
Sure, we’ll remove all ads from your page and you’ll unlock access to some excellent Community-only content. But your support gives you something more profound than that: the pride of joining something that really matters.
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel – to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you,
David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
Today’s Daily Briefing
Day 567: Why MKs praying on Temple Mount doesn’t shift status quo
Those We Have Lost
Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen since Oct. 7
OUR WORK IS
JUST BEGINNING
Sponsored
&
Wartime Diaries
Voices and testimonies of these devastating times
© 2025 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved
Spain gave Israeli defense firms 46 contracts since Gaza war despite govt pledge – report – The Times of Israel
