On Thursday 20th February at 19pm, Negocis Ocults, within the framework of the campaign “No more complicity with Israel “, presents the report Defense, security and occupation as a business. Military trade relations, arms and security between Spain and Israel. The event will include the participation of Rafeef Ziadah, Palestinian human rights activist and member of the network ControlPMSC and Alexander Pozo, a researcher on peace, armed conflict and director of the report.
This report is a continuation of the research in 2009 on military exports from Spain to Israel and violations of the Spanish and European legislation. This new report takes a step further in the remaining relations in defense and security. The analysis of the implementation of the Israeli military industry in Spain, the training and transmission of experience from Israel, and the research projects on security, crystallize the rise of military relations between the two countries and the privatization process of public safety.
Israel has done a business from Palestinian occupation, which is translated into 75% export of its arms production and the promotion of Israel “brand” as a guarantee of quality and prestige in the military and security field.
With the presentation of this report is launched a campaign at Catalan, Spanish and European level to apply to the respective institutions to stop complicity with human rights violations carried out by Israel, and contribute to peace not arming sides of the conflict, or being accomplice in a military and security industry responsible for the longer and bloodier military occupation of our recent History.
The presentation will be held in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of History and Geography at the University of Barcelona (c/Montealegre , 6, Barcelona) .
