Exclusive: Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says
https:// www.reuters.com /world/germany-has-stopped-approving-war-weapons-exports-israel-source-says-2024-09-18/ Exclusive: Germany has stopped approving war weapons exports to Israel, source says
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.
Good.
90A solid 8 or 9 months beyond acceptable, but the only time it's too late to stop arming genocidal regimes is after their goal is complete.
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I hope this is s turning of the tide and other nations will pressure the US to be better.
54This is why the ICJ cases matter.
47I guess better late than never. Although, I do begin to wonder how much of this is in response to Israeli's tax base getting eviscerated by the war
27Now US.
20The discussion around this isn’t differentiated enough. Germanys foreign Minister has explicitly stated that what was exported, is stuff whose purpose is defensive in nature, e.g. Ground to air missiles. I can’t say if that is true, though there is some corroborating material. Nevertheless arms exports is too general as a category in my opinion.
10Shortly after Oct. 7 Germany sent 3000 "MATADOR" Anti-Tank rocket launchers to Israel. Hamas doesn't have any tanks or armored vehicles...
10The "ADOR" part of that stands for anti-door, they're useful for urban fighting. It can not only get through armoured doors, but also turn walls into doors.
When it comes to genocide though they're certainly not cost-effective. I don't think that export would be allowed right now, but just after the 7th was a different time where it wasn't yet absolutely clear that the Kahanites were actually getting the genocide they always wanted, that the other 90% of Israelis would let them get away with it.
0Well then you‘ve said it yourself: “shortly after“ they were attacked. That is not really much of an argument.
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But various bros told me here on Lemmy that action at the international law level is meaningless.
9I guess they have enough now.
4After Isn'trael has entered a 4 front war
3The important part is this,
"There is no German arms export boycott against Israel," government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit said.
It's not a change in policy, more like a temporary pause while they sort out some minor things (the domestic legal challenges).
1The Israelis will reciprocate. I’m not convinced the net flow of weapons of war is towards Israel, especially when you count the “cyber” domain stuff.
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-19Israel will have to remind them of their eternal obligation
-50And hopefully, the Germans will respond with something along the lines of “our eternal obligation to you does not give you carte blanche to perpetrate the same evil our forefathers perpetrated upon you”. But we’ll see, I guess. I am fully aware that it’s an understandably touchy subject in Germany.
73It's been such a shit show. Even my beloved tagesschau is just going fully blind on it. It's been a disgrace. Never again my ass.
It would have actually been a great opportunity to show where full support of Jewish people and support of a government differ. It was the perfect opportunity to back out of this card blanche idea which was too vague to be a good idea to begin with. Instead Germany decided to assume its citizens have no cognitive ability to differentiate these two ideas - Jewishnes and Israel.
26Damn, hit him with the Swanton Bombs. Poor guy
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Of never participating in genocide again, right?
12The best way to honor that obligation is to do everything possible to prevent the Israel government from following the path that led to that obligation. They honor the memory of those they slaughtered.
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