US EditionSpain to Probe Firms Tied to Occupied Palestinian Territories
Spain’s government targets companies benefiting from Israeli settlements with a new decree, investigating 158 firms from 11 countries, amid broader measures including an arms embargo on Israel.
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Will Spain’s pro-Palestine stance shift EU policy on Israel?
When Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stepped before cameras in Madrid on 8 September, denouncing Israel’s war in Gaza as “genocide” and unveiling a package of measures unprecedented in European politics, it became immediately clear that Madrid was breaking from the EU’s long-standing stance of caution. His government announced a decree-law which formalises an arms embargo, bans on military transits through Spanish ports and airspace, tighte…
Spain's leftist government said on Tuesday it would investigate companies that advertise products or services in the country that come from the Palestinian territories under Israeli occupation. The move follows the approval of a regulation last week that bans the promotion of such goods and services in Spain, in order to prevent companies from profiting from the occupation, the consumer protection ministry announced. The regulation is part of a …
The Spanish government will step up its action against companies benefiting from the occupation of the Palestinian territories, with measures including an arms embargo.
The Ministry of Pablo Bustinduy refers to the Royal Decree-Law recently passed by the Government against the genocide in Gaza, which prohibits the advertising of goods and services from these occupied territories.
The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 is going to investigate those companies that advertise goods or services in Spain from the Palestinian territories occupied by the State of Israel. The initiative, advanced from the department led by Pablo Bustinduy, is part of the royal decree approved last week by the coalition government, which declares illegal the advertising of both products originating from illegal Israeli settleme…
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