Billions flow between EU institutions and Israel, despite Gaza genocide
Key takeaways
- EU departments and some universities, including in Spain, are spending on Israeli companies that sell military gear, tech and other goods.
- The figures show Spain, among Europe’s most vocal critics of Israel, agreed to 14 contracts worth almost 227 million euros ($257m) between January 2022 and July 2025, the period covered by the data set.
- Overall the data shows that public institutions in EU member states signed 194 contracts worth nearly 2.7 billion euros ($3.1bn) with Israeli companies.
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EU departments and some universities, including in Spain, are spending on Israeli companies that sell military gear, tech and other goods.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Israeli military companies are among the 10 top contractors with European Union public institutions in the period considered by the data set [Amir Cohen/Reuters]By Federica Marsi Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026Milan, Italy – Public institutions in European Union countries are signing profitable contracts with Israeli companies despite Israel’s long track record of war crimes in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, data collected by Statewatch and revealed by Al Jazeera shows.
The figures show Spain, among Europe’s most vocal critics of Israel, agreed to 14 contracts worth almost 227 million euros ($257m) between January 2022 and July 2025, the period covered by the data set. The majority of that sum – 207 million euros ($235m) – stems from an April 2024 contract between the Spanish Defence Ministry and Rafael for “aerial combat systems”. Spanish police forces also purchased bulletproof vests from Israeli company Marom Dolphin.