The “Sumar” parliamentary group in Spain has tabled a bill to prohibit any form of agreements and cooperation between Spanish administrations and countries illegally occupying territories. This initiative particularly targets Morocco, accused of “occupying Western Sahara”, as well as Israel for its occupation of the Palestinian territories, according to Spanish media sources.
The bill proposes to prohibit Spanish companies from engaging in commercial, financial or investment activities which would support, directly or indirectly, the continuation of illegal establishments in these territories. These activities are described as “looting against the Sahrawi and Palestinian peoples”.
The initiative requests the rupture of all cooperation – whether economic, military, cultural or other – with these countries. It also requires that Spanish public entities cancel any previous agreement and prohibit the establishment of diplomatic representations or the signing of international treaties concerning the occupied territories.
Tesh Sidi, Spanish parliamentarian of Sahrawi origin and member of the left party, said that this bill is based on the United Nations resolutions and the Court of Justice of the European Union, in particular with regard to Western Sahara. The text also applies to the Palestinian cause and urges the Spanish socialist party to support it to exert economic pressure on Morocco and Israel.
