logo
welcome
The Intercept

The Intercept

U.S. Defied Spanish Embargo on Arms Bound of Israel by Making Enforcement More Difficult

The Intercept
Summary
Nutrition label

76% Informative

The U.S. Department of Defense sent over a thousand tons of ammunition to Israel on a ship that stopped at a Spanish naval base in Spain .

The ship, owned by Sealift Inc. , was also used for delivering aid to Gaza last spring .

Spanish officials put the embargo in place last May to end Spanish involvement in arms sales to Israel .

The MV Sagamore transferred over 1 million pounds of ammunition and military cargo to Israel in just one of its shipments.

The ship is owned by Sealift Inc. and chartered on behalf of the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command .

Researchers with the Palestinian Youth Movement and the Progressive International traced the journey of the container ship.

The last journey out of MOTSU that the ship made was to Israel 's Ashdod Port .

The jurors that sent Charles Hall to death row never heard critical evidence that could have convinced them to spare his life.

Some of them now support his bid for clemency.

Syria won’t open up until they’re off the books until sanctions are lifted.

VR Score

74

Informative language

69

Neutral language

52

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

62

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Affiliate links

no affiliate links

Read full article