{"id":144802,"date":"2025-05-30T18:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/144802\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T18:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T18:43:08","slug":"germany-to-review-arms-exports-to-israel-says-foreign-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/144802\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany to review arms exports to Israel, says foreign minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Wadephul stressed Israel\u2019s right to defend itself \u2014 \u201calso with German weapons systems,\u201d including against the Houthis in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, or Iran \u2014 he sharply criticized the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where Israel has been waging war on Hamas militants in retaliation for a violent attack in October 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aid deliveries reaching Gaza are just a drop in the ocean,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is about ensuring basic human rights. The sick, the weak, and the children are the first to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a consequence,\u201d Wadephul added, \u201cwe have changed our tone \u2014 and will likely change our political actions next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calls for a freeze on weapons deliveries have gained traction within Germany \u2014 traditionally one of Israel&#8217;s staunchest allies in Europe \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/israel-gaza-hamas-war-german-spd-halt-arms-exports-netanyahu-humanitarian-weapons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">especially from center-left Social Democratic lawmakers<\/a>. Conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz has hardened his rhetoric but remains noncommittal on exports.<\/p>\n<p>Germany authorized \u20ac326.5 million in arms exports to Israel in 2023 \u2014 a significant jump from prior years,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/germany-doubles-arms-exports-ukraine-halves-them-israel-2024-2024-12-18\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to Reuters<\/a>. But in 2024, approvals dropped by half amid growing legal and political pressure domestically and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa&#8217;ar is expected in Berlin next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Wadephul stressed Israel\u2019s right to defend itself \u2014 \u201calso with German weapons systems,\u201d including against the Houthis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[22562,2000,299,2194,1824,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-144802","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-arms-exports","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-gaza","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-israel"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114598261807202676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}