{"id":327955,"date":"2025-08-08T13:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/327955\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:20:10","slug":"germany-halts-gaza-related-arms-exports-to-israel-over-expanded-offensive-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/327955\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany halts Gaza-related arms exports to Israel over expanded offensive \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germany has long emphasized Israel\u2019s right to self-defense and reiterated Friday that \u201cthe disarmament of Hamas is essential.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Merz sharply criticized the humanitarian consequences of Israel\u2019s planned offensive, urging the government to allow \u201cfull access for aid deliveries, including for U.N. organizations and other non-governmental institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Israeli government carries greater responsibility than ever for the civilian population\u2019s supply,\u201d Merz said.<\/p>\n

Germany is one of Israel\u2019s closest defense partners in Europe. The freeze affects only\u00a0new arms export approvals. Deliveries from past deals can still go ahead \u2014 but if the weapons could be used in Gaza, those shipments may also be put on hold.<\/p>\n

The announcement follows mounting pressure in Germany to reevaluate arms transfers amid reports of growing civilian casualties<\/a> and limited access for humanitarian aid in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Merz also warned Israel against steps \u201ctoward annexation of the West Bank,\u201d in a signal that Berlin is monitoring developments beyond the current war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany has long emphasized Israel\u2019s right to self-defense and reiterated Friday that \u201cthe disarmament of Hamas is essential.\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[748,473,393,1945,1824,4884,837,1815,7163,2597,2598,12,1144,712,16,15,1764,1116],"class_list":{"0":"post-327955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-defense","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-friedrich-merz","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-israel-hamas-war","16":"tag-israeli-palestinian-conflict","17":"tag-military","18":"tag-missiles","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-northern-ireland","21":"tag-scotland","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom","24":"tag-wales","25":"tag-weapons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114993353421852794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327955","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=327955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}