Germany: “Humanitarian concerns” are the reason for stopping the sale of arms to Tel Aviv.
After 12 months of the killing of the Palestinian people in Gaza, the German government claimed that it had suspended the sale of some weapons to the Zionist regime “for humanitarian reasons”.
Russia Elium reported on Wednesday evening that the Reuters news agency, citing a source close to the German Ministry of Economy, claimed that the country’s government has stopped work on issuing new licenses to send weapons to Israel until the legal issues surrounding military exchanges are resolved. .
According to a Reuters analysis of data and government sources in Germany, the country has suspended new licenses to export weapons of war to Tel Aviv due to legal conflicts.
Reuters, citing a source close to the German Economy Ministry, reported that the country’s government has suspended the issuance of new licenses for exporting military weapons to Tel Aviv.
An economic source in the German cabinet explained to Reuters that Berlin is waiting for the resolution of legal challenges regarding arms exports to Israel; Because issuing these licenses is in legal conflict with humanitarian laws.
According to the statement of the Ministry of Economy of this country, last year, the German government agreed to issue a license to export weapons worth 363.5 million dollars to Israel, which included military equipment and war weapons, and this figure has increased nearly 10 times compared to 2022.
According to this report, the German government approved only 14.5 million euros of these weapons for export until August 21 this year, of which the “arms of war” sector included only 32,449 euros.