Overview

• Parliament approved the decree by 178 votes to 169 after late backing from Podemos secured passage for the minority coalition.
• The law bans all exports and imports of defense equipment, products and technology between Spain and Israel.
• It blocks transit requests for aviation fuel with potential military use and forbids advertising of goods from settlements in Gaza and the West Bank labeled illegal in the decree.
• Exceptional authorizations for dual‑use items remain possible if applying the blanket ban would harm Spain’s general national interests.
• Israel condemned the plan after its September announcement, and Spanish media reported the vote was moved by a day to avoid the October 7 anniversary of the Hamas attack.