Overview

• Israeli forces boarded the Global Sumud Flotilla and detained activists, including more than thirty Spaniards who are awaiting deportation.
• Moncloa acknowledged the frigate Furor could not act without the flotilla’s cooperation and would not enter Israeli territorial waters.
• Senior socialists Óscar López and Patxi López urged the ship to withdraw, while Defence Minister Margarita Robles imposed her position in a clash with Sumar.
• Podemos and Sumar accused Pedro Sánchez of timidity and staging, with Pablo Iglesias calling the deployment a European embarrassment.
• Podemos signaled plans to try to block next week’s decree on an arms embargo for Israel, arguing it contains broad national-interest exceptions.