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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.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The 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.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Shortly after Oct. 7 Germany sent 3000 "MATADOR" Anti-Tank rocket launchers to Israel. Hamas doesn't have any tanks or armored vehicles...

[-] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

Well then you‘ve said it yourself: “shortly after“ they were attacked. That is not really much of an argument.

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