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Spain to not authorize ships carrying weapons for Israel in big win for Palestinian cause

News Desk

May 17

In an effort to not contribute to or help Israel’s genocide in Gaza, Spain has decided that it will not authorise ships carrying weapons for Israel to call at its ports. The monumental decision was announced by foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares on Friday after the country refused to let a ship call at the southeastern port of Cartagena.


The ship was the first to be denied access to a Spanish port, Albares asserted, adding the refusal was consistent with the government’s decision to not grant weapon export licences to Israel since Oct. 7, as Spain doesn’t “want to contribute to war”, reported Reuters.


Previously, Spanish universities expressed willingness to suspend ties with any Israeli educational institution that failed to express “a clear commitment to peace”.

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