Spain self-righteously stops selling handcuffs to Israel–but it sells them to Syria

JPost reports:

The Spanish government vetoed the selling of 2,000 handcuffs to the Israel Police, valued at 17,000 Euros, fearing they will be used in "violation of human rights," according to the Spanish El País.

 

As far as I can tell, there is only one manufacturer of handcuffs in Spain – Alcyon.

 

This appears to be the company that is selling to Israel, as Israel is listed as one of the countries it sells its products to.

Guess who else they sell handcuffs to?

 

Oh, just Syria and Venezuela and Saudi Arabia and Iran and other champions of human rights who could not possibly ever use the handcuffs for anything bad.

Spain knows it can get brownie points by pretending to be against both Israel and police brutality by announcing the ending of a tiny contract with the Jewish state, while not changing its policy of selling to the most brutal violators of human rights on the planet.

Hypocritical much?

(h/t iTi)