US EditionGermany to Resume Certain Weapons Sales to Israel After Ceasefire
- On Monday, the German government announced it was ending the partial suspension of weapons deliveries to Israel and said the embargo will be lifted on November 24.
- Citing a ceasefire that began on October 10, spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said the government welcomes the ceasefire in Gaza that has stabilized in recent weeks, while Chancellor Friedrich Merz imposed the August suspension after high civilian deaths.
- Diplomatic exchanges between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chancellor Friedrich Merz preceded Berlin's decision, following Johann Wadephul's recent visit, while officials said the August embargo did not affect essential non-Gaza weapons.
- The foreign-policy impact includes pledges to support Gaza reconstruction and a lasting peace based on a two-state solution, while Germany as Israel's second-largest weapons supplier alters its military equipment access.
- The government said it will resume case-by-case reviews and react to further developments, with German export-control ministries handling each export individually.
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The German government has announced that it will lift the restrictions on the export of arms to Israel imposed three and a half months ago by the war in Gaza. The deputy spokesman of the German Executive, Sebastian Hille, justifies this measure by the ceasefire in force since October 10 between Israel and Hamas, which has “stabilized in recent weeks.”
Germany lifts arms export restrictions to Israel despite continued genocide in Gaza
Germany will lift restrictions on all military exports to Israel against the backdrop of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza between the Hamas resistance movement and the Tel Aviv regime that brought little respite to Palestinians in the region.
The federal government around Friedrich Merz has lifted the partially imposed arms embargo of August. The situation in the Gaza Strip has stabilized, it says.
The measure will allow exports to resume, which will be examined on a case-by-case basis in the future.
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