{"id":156445,"date":"2026-06-12T00:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/156445\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:23:12","slug":"slovenia-lifts-ban-on-arms-trade-with-israel-saar-lauds-just-decision-by-new-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/156445\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovenia lifts ban on arms trade with Israel; Sa’ar lauds ‘just decision’ by new PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slovenia\u2019s new conservative-led government on Thursday lifted an arms embargo on Israel and entry bans on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his ministers.<\/p>\n

Last year, Slovenia, then under liberal prime minister Robert Golob, imposed a series of measures against Israel over the war with Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Several other EU members have done the same.<\/p>\n

But the government of Prime Minister Janez Jansa, which took office last week, overturned the bans against Netanyahu and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will restore the conditions for a normal political dialogue with Israel,\u201d it said in a statement, adding the move would help \u201cstrengthen the role of the Republic of Slovenia in the efforts to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The country is also letting the arms embargo expire, considering the decree \u201cunnecessary\u201d given existing national defense laws and EU arms export criteria, it said.<\/p>\n

The government of Jansa \u2014 an admirer of US President Donald Trump \u2014 also lifted a ban on imports from Jewish settlements in the West Bank.<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar welcomed Jansa\u2019s \u201cswift and just decision to lift the distorted anti-Israeli measures taken by Slovenia\u2019s previous government,\u201d calling him a \u201cbold leader and a true friend of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Israel announced it will open an embassy in Slovenia, marking what it hopes will be a new chapter in relations with the European country. The country\u2019s embassy in Austrian capital Vienna has previously covered Israeli diplomatic interests in neighboring Slovenia.<\/p>\n

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Since taking office, Jansa\u2019s government has also removed a Palestinian flag symbolically displayed on the government building since Slovenia recognized Palestinian statehood in 2024.<\/p>\n

Ties between Israel and Slovenia had soured under the previous government of Golob, which also characterized Israel\u2019s military offensive against the Gaza-ruling Hamsa terror group as \u201cgenocide.\u201d<\/p>\n


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