Podemos's reluctance leaves the decree on an arms embargo against Israel hanging in the air.

MadridIn Congress, all eyes are on Podemos ahead of the vote on the decree embargoing arms against Israel. The reluctance of the purple party, which considers it an "embargo," is a source of concern. fakeand calls for more forcefulness against Benjamin Netanyahu's government, jeopardize the approval of the law that has the support of the rest of the plurinational majority, albeit amid criticism for its "insufficiency." However, unlike Podemos, other left-wing parties such as Suena Delàs, Greenpeace, or the Coalition for Enough Complicity with Israel—and advocate repairing the "deficiencies" during parliamentary processing as a bill --BK_SLT_LNA~ "Anyone who doubts, let them think about what the Palestinians would vote for. They would vote yes a million times over," argued Sumar MP Enrique Santiago. ERC spokesperson Gabriel Rufián argued that in this case "the lesser evil works." "However cowardly [the decree] may be, if it saves the life of even just one child, it's worth it to us," said the Republican. Aizpurua stressed that "although insufficient, decisions like this advance Israel's isolation and strengthen international support for Palestine." "It will stop." "It is a hope for the Palestinian people," he asserted.

Despite pressure from these groups and also from organizations adhering to the campaign Quite a lot of arms trade with Israel —who proclaimed this Tuesday before the lower house that, nevertheless, the decree is a "step forward"—, Podemos is not budging for the moment. Ione Belarra's party is demanding that the Spanish government withdraw the text and approve a new one that implies a "real embargo." "Stop engaging in cheap electoralism with an issue as serious as genocide," the Podemos leader asked the PSOE during the debate this Tuesday afternoon. Despite this critical stance, sources from the purple party refuse to say what their vote will be this Wednesday, whether they will ultimately opt for a No that will bring it down or allow it to pass with an abstention. If they opt for the first option, there will be two Spanish government regulations that will fall in that plenary session due to the vote of the purple party because it also plans to oppose the sustainable mobility law. The same sources affirm that the PSOE is not moving enough and they believe it will infect the PP.

Alberto Núñez Feijóo's party has not announced what they will vote for either, but they have maintained a very tough line. The one in charge of deploying it was the deputy spokesperson in Congress, Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, who accused Pedro Sánchez of "raising the flag of Palestine because he cannot raise the flag of corruption" and reproached the PSOE for going "from no to war to no to peace", in reference to Donald Trump's proposal. Also Junts, despite having confirmed days ago the Yeah Of its seven deputies, he criticized the decree's "timing error." "Approving it today could be a sign of political impatience. Foreign policy cannot be driven by impulse," said Marta Madrenas, a deputy from the Junta, referring to the fact that it was debated on the second anniversary of the Hamas attack and its coincidence with the US plan.

Delayed vote

These two parties, the PP and Junts, are the ones who have advocated postponing the vote on the decree. The Speaker of Congress has agreed to delay it for one day to avoid a hypothetical approval of the law coinciding with the October 7 anniversary. "You have to have the sensitivity of a pumice stone," Álvarez de Toledo rebuked. The PP wanted to go further and postpone both the vote and the debate until next week. Finally, at the request of Carles Puigdemont's party, a minimal modification was adopted, which means the vote scheduled for Tuesday night will be 24 hours later.