Spanish campaign urges Congress to unblock arms embargo bill on Israel

Organizations behind Spain’s “End Arms Trade with Israel” campaign demonstrated outside the Congress of Deputies in Madrid on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to immediately unblock legislation that would ban arms trade with Israel, Anadolu reports. The protest, held under the slogan “Time is Running Out, Arms Embargo Now,” was organized by the Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine (RESCOP) and backed by junior coalition partner Sumar, the Podemos party, and Basque and Catalan opposition parties represented in parliament. Campaign representatives criticized lawmakers for failing to advance the bill, saying it has yet to reach the parliamentary floor despite being submitted nearly two years ago. During the demonstration, organizers presented hourglasses to parliamentary groups to symbolize the urgency of approving […]