MFA: ISRAEL WILL ACT TO VOID SPANISH COURT RULING
(Communicated by the Foreign Minister's Bureau) 29 January 2009

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Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tzipi Livni spoke a
short while ago with Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos. In the
conversation, FM Livni said that "Israel views the judge's ruling today with
severity. The judge made his decision before he received the relevant
documents related to the issue, and therefore, it can only be viewed as a
political decision rather than a legal one. The Spanish government must
understand that regarding the State of Israel, the judge's decision is of
consequence not only to those who were actually charged, but to every
Israeli who is takes part in the defense of his country. This is an
extremely grave and significant incident between states, and that is how
Spain must relate to it."

FM Livni said that the incident must be dealt with immediately, and that she
expects a reply from Spain regarding how that country intends to solve the
problem as soon as possible. The Spanish minister promised that he would
forward the severity of FM Livni's remarks to the Spanish Prime Minister as
well, and would advise FM Livni of any developments in the matter within the
next few days. FM Livni notified Ministers Ben Eliezer and Dicter of the
details of their discussion.