Germany has put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges, according to a Reuters analysis of data and a source close to the Economy Ministry.

Last year, Germany approved arms exports to Israel worth 326.5 million euros ($363.5 million), including military equipment and war weapons, a 10-fold increase from 2022, according to data from the Economy Ministry, which approves export licences.

  • shaserlarkEnglish
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    2 months ago

    There you go: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68737412

    Last year, the European nation’s weapons sales to Israel were worth €326.5m ($361m; £274m), external - a 10-fold increase compared with 2022 - with the majority of those export licences granted after the 7 October attacks. The German government said in January that the sales comprised €306.4m worth of military equipment and €20.1m of “war weapons”.  According to the DPA news agency, external, the latter included 3,000 portable anti-tank weapons and 500,000 rounds of ammunition for automatic or semi-automatic firearms. It also said that most of the export licences were granted for land vehicles and technology for the development, assembly, maintenance and repair of weapons.

    Israel has their own lawyers they can defend themselves. Germany didn’t need to step in, they did anyway because of the Staatsräson and basically all mainstream parties and media are Zionist.

    By now it’s very clear that Israel is committing genocide, the courts are gonna need a long time to finish the processes but it’s really not disputed anywhere except Germany and in the Zionist mass media in general.

    As for the rest, I just see a lot of mental gymnastics to justify beating up or defunding people and organizations who go against the political mainstream. The police does the same against climate protestors and does nothing when literal Nazis are marching. People like you who are trying to justify this behavior are the useful idiots.

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 months ago

      the latter included 3,000 portable anti-tank weapons

      Not useful for a genocide, really.

      and 500,000 rounds of ammunition for automatic or semi-automatic firearms

      That was training ammunition. I’m kinda surprised to not see the “artillery rounds” in that list – which weren’t rounds, but propellant charges, and like a couple of handful because they were sent over for testing and development, not to the army but industry.

      Israel has their own lawyers they can defend themselves.

      No they can’t because they’re denying facts. That’s not a defence strategy, that’s digging your own hole.

      As for the rest, I just see a lot of mental gymnastics to justify beating up or defunding people and organizations who go against the political mainstream.

      Acknowledging that Israel is doing all kinds of shit is not “against the mainstream”. Heck, watch DW news for a while it’s full of Israeli war crimes. DW, in case you don’t know, is run directly by the German federal government.