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Europe

Germany To Lift Partial Weapons Embargo On Israel Amid Gaza Ceasefire

2025-11-18

[MSN-DW] The German government announced on Monday that it was ending the partial suspension of weapons deliveries to Israel for use in Gaza.

"The government welcomes the ceasefire in Gaza that came into effect on October 10 and which has stabilized in recent weeks," spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said.

"The government is returning to examining on a case-by-case basis the export of weapons and will react to further developments," Kornelius added.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the partial suspension of weapon deliveries in August in light of the high number of civilians being killed by Israeli strikes.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been regularly violated, with hundreds of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes since October 10.

The suspension of weapons exports to Israel, which had been criticized for not including all arms exports, will be lifted on November 24.

WHY DID GERMANY SUSPEND ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL?

Why? A combination of self-righteousness and fear of their Moslem colonists, not to mention a certain amount of Jew-hate.

The original suspension marked a major shift in Germany's stance on Israel, with Berlin traditionally being one of Israel's closest and most supportive allies.

Germany increased its arms exports to Israel following the October 7 Hamas attack, although it increasingly came under international pressure for its support of Israel as the number of civilian deaths in Gaza climbed.

Amid growing condemnation of Israel's aggressive approach in the Strip and just days ahead of a planned new ground offensive, Germany changed tack and said it was stopping the delivery of weapons for use in Gaza.

Not all deliveries were halted, and the following month, military equipment worth at least €2.46 million (roughly $2.85 million) was given government approval. However, this was significantly lower than the €250 million being approved for export between January 1 and August 8, 2025.

Approved, yes. Actually shopping was a separate question that somehow took an awfully long time to answer. And if, as claimed, they weren’t slow walking deliveries but dealing with considerably more demand than supply, that ought to have been communicated during the negotiating process and not long after the contracts were signed.
The Times of Israel adds:

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Germany provided 30 percent of Israel’s major arms imports in 2019-2023, primarily naval equipment, including Sa’ar 6-class frigates (MEKO A-100 Light Frigates), which have been used in the Gaza war.

Gave or sold?

Other countries that have suspended arms trade or implemented embargoes on Israel during the war in Gaza include Spain, which enshrined a "total embargo" in law last month, as well as more limited moves from Italia, Canada and the Netherlands and Belgium. The UK also decided last year to suspend dozens of arms export licenses with Israel, though it insisted the move was not an embargo.

A blatant lie, but Labour doesn’t like Joooooooooos.

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