Spain will ban Israel-bound ships and aircraft carrying weapons from calling at Spanish ports or entering its airspace, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced, while increasing aid to the Palestinian Authority and UNRWA and imposing an embargo on goods made in Israeli settlements.
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Spain's measure legally bars Israel-bound ships and aircraft carrying weapons from calling at its ports or entering Spanish airspace and includes an embargo on goods from Israeli settlements.
The restriction changes the compliance and routing landscape for defense logistics, maritime operators and carriers handling or planning military cargo to Israel.
The decision comes amid a wider pattern of European actions affecting Israeli defence access and commercial links, including recent moves that have limited Israeli defence participation at European exhibitions (https://hype.aero/?story=6188fe09-ada4-413b-b71d-d2563e7ab54b), restrictions at the Paris Air Show (https://hype.aero/?story=0cc96099-2f4f-4122-8525-7137169290fa) and airlines suspending Tel Aviv services after regional missile threats (https://hype.aero/?story=cb47ee34-66ca-43e0-8800-ec2cf8abe7a4).
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• Aitor Hernández-Morales