Over the last few days we can see how the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, urged the international community to end arms sales to Israel “as Spain has done”, stating that “without weapons there is no war”. I completely agree with this statement, but has Spain really stopped selling weapons to Israel? And, even so, is this an effective measure of pressure given the enormity of the situation we face? What happens to other commercial relations such as the purchase or transit of armed ships destined for Israel through our territory?
To answer these questions, it may be necessary to understand a little better how the illicit business of arms trafficking works and what the military and security relations between Spain and Israel are like, which is a caveat. leakhas not been changed in its entirety in the last year.