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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 620

Spain

Spain's Defense Minister Margarita Robles arrives for a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
June 3, 2025, 5:28 pm
Spain reneges on $325m purchase of anti-tank missiles from Israel’s Rafael
Withdrawal from deal to buy 168 launchers and 1,680 missiles, signed days before the Oct. 7 attack, comes as Madrid calls for sanctions and arms embargo on Israel over Gaza war
By Lazar Berman and AP
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrives for a plenary session at the Spanish lower house, Congress of Deputies, in Madrid on November 21, 2024. (OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP)
April 24, 2025, 7:35 pm
Ceding to internal pressure, Spain scraps purchase of Israeli bullets
Hard-left coalition partner Sumar protested government decision to purchase 6.6 million euros’ worth of ammo from Israel’s IMI Systems
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gestures as he delivers a speech during a press conference following a Council of Ministers meeting at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, April 22, 2025. (Javier Soriano / AFP)
April 23, 2025, 10:01 pm
Spain’s leftist government in jeopardy after PM backtracks on cancellation of Israeli bullets order
Smaller partners of minority government accuse Pedro Sanchez of ‘breach of contract’ after he includes already agreed upon 6 million-euro bullet purchase in defense spending boost
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah drone intercepted by Israeli air defense over north Israel on August 25, 2024 (Jalaa Marey / AFP)
April 14, 2025, 12:04 pm
Hezbollah-linked drone smuggling ring uncovered in Europe – report
French paper reveals security agencies in Spain, Germany, France, and the UK thwarted massive smuggling operation targeting Israeli civilians and military
By Stav Levaton
Yuval Raphael, Israel's Eurovision 2025 representative and survivor of the Oct. 7 attack on the Nova festival, speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2025. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
April 12, 2025, 5:48 pm
Eurovision organizers shun Spanish request to hold debate on Israel’s participation
EBU notes ‘concerns and deeply held views regarding the conflict in the Middle East’ but says all members will participate in song contest
By ToI Staff
Yuval Raphael, Israel's contestant for the Eurovision Song Contest and a survivor of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, during a press conference in Tel Aviv, March 9, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 *** Local Caption)
April 11, 2025, 10:49 pm
Spain’s public broadcaster calls for ‘debate’ over Israel’s inclusion in Eurovision
Spanish civil society has ‘concerns,’ due to war in Gaza, about Israel’s participation in annual song contest, writes Spanish RTVE network in letter to European Broadcasting Union
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli vintners from the Negev visiting the Spanish wine region of Riviera del Duero in March 2025 with the Merage Foundation, as part of efforts to further establish a Negev wine appellation. (Courtesy Negev Wine Club)
March 25, 2025, 11:31 am
Negev vintners visit Spanish wineries to talk grapes and tourism
Trip sponsored by Merage Foundation as part of effort to establish region as agritourism hub
By Jessica Steinberg
The Moreno Family from Tangier dressed up to emulate the Andalusian past in an instance of ‘Reenactment Tourism.’ Photography Studio in the Alhambra compound, Spain 1953. (Courtesy of Daniel Moreno)
March 10, 2025, 8:28 am
Morocco’s Spanish-speaking Jewish minority illuminated in prizewinning book
National Jewish Book Award recipient Aviad Moreno’s work focuses on northern Morocco’s Hispanic Jews, whose yearning for a ‘homeland’ was often for Spain, not elusive Israel
By Rossella Tercatin
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar meets with Jewish and pro-Israel leaders in Brussels, February 25, 2025. (Shalev Man/Foreign Ministry)
February 28, 2025, 12:14 pm
Israel decides to establish formal ties with trio of European far-right parties 
FM Sa’ar says opening of dialogue with Sweden Democrats, France’s National Rally, Spain’s Vox is based on their present actions, not antisemitic roots: ‘I didn’t see reason not to’
By Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
The trophy is displayed on the pitch ahead of the World Cup final soccer match between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, December 18, 2022. (Martin Meissner/AP)
December 11, 2024, 8:54 am
FIFA to confirm soccer 2030 World Cup hosts, award 2034 tourney to Saudi Arabia
Three-continent, six-nation bid led by Morocco, Spain and Portugal to host 2030 event, irking environmentalists over emissions; Saudi Arabia to get 2034 despite human rights record
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: The MV Maersk Rubicon arrives at the Port of Melbourne, Australia's largest port for containerized and general cargo, to unload its containers in Melbourne on March 19, 2024. (William West/AFP)
November 9, 2024, 8:25 pm
Spanish port denies entry to Danish ship, alleging it’s carrying arms to Israel
Maersk says vessel not carrying ‘military weapons or ammunition’; Spain has been one of Israel’s biggest critics in Europe over war in Gaza, recognized Palestinian state this year
By AFP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrive for a joint statement at the Moncloa palace in Madrid, Spain, September 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul White)
October 16, 2024, 1:37 am
In long-shot wartime proposal, Spain and PA push for reprise of 1991 Madrid peace summit
Pledging to meet by end of year, both players seek relevance as the Gaza conflict rages on; but experts say that with neither Israeli nor US participation, prospects are poor
By Batya Levinthal
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during the 'World in Progress Barcelona' Forum in Barcelona on October 14, 2024. (LLUIS GENE / AFP)
October 14, 2024, 5:14 pm
Spanish PM urges EU to accept bid to end free trade with Israel
Pedro Sanchez also calls on international community to stop selling arms to Israel after UNIFIL soldiers were hurt in ground offensive in Lebanon
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Portrait of a man thought to be Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519.(public domain)
October 13, 2024, 12:32 pm
Study finds Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe
Researchers analyze DNA fragmented remains believed to be world-shaping explorer’s; they say any further narrowing down of his origins remains elusive
By Graham Keeley
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman, Jordan, October 17, 2023. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
September 18, 2024, 10:03 am
Palestinian Authority president to thank Spain for support in visit to Madrid
On way to UN General Assembly, Abbas stops in Spain to meet with its PM and king after first Palestinian ambassador presented credentials there on Monday
By AFP and ToI Staff
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