JERUSALEM - Spain canceled a nearly 700 million euro contract for Israeli-designed SILAM rocket launchers and scrapped a separate 287 million euro order for 168 anti-tank launchers, formalizing both moves Sept. 9 on its public contracts platform. The decisions follow Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's plan to codify a ban on selling or buying military equipment with Israel over the Gaza offensive.
The 12 SILAM systems, derived from Elbit Systems' PULS platform, were awarded in October 2023 to a Spanish consortium. Elbit would have received 150 million euros, local media reported. Madrid is also reviewing ways to phase out Israeli weapons and technology from its forces, La Vanguardia said. The steps deepen a months-long diplomatic rift with Israel. Spain recognized the State of Palestine in 2024, Israel has not had an ambassador in Madrid since, and Spain recalled its envoy last week as Sanchez, one of Europe’s sharpest critics of Benjamin Netanyahu's Gaza policy, has labeled the campaign 'genocide.'
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