Spain to ban Israel-bound shipping, aircraft carrying weapons from its ports, airspace

Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said in a statement on Monday that Sanchez was trying to divert public attention from his domestic corruption scandals and qualified his measures as "antisemitic".

Israel responded by banning Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz and Youth Minister Sira Rego, both from far-left junior coalition partner Sumar, from entering Israel.

(Reporting by Inti Landauro; editing by Charlie Devereux)