“Arms deliveries to Israel are about compliance with the rules of international humanitarian law,” the person familiar with the matter said. “The reason for requesting such a commitment is that a German administrative court could otherwise put a stop to it.”
Under Germany’s War Weapons Control Act, the government must ensure delivered arms aren’t used to strike civilian targets; a number of lawsuits to stop arms exports have already been lodged against Germany.
“This danger is justified and must be addressed,” the person said.
The German government insists that there’s no genocide taking place in Gaza. With the coastal strip in ruins, the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry said Monday that the death toll had hit 42,289.
Despite the German government contending there was no arms embargo against Israel, arms sales approvals fell off a cliff this year.
From January to Aug. 21, only €14.5 million in arms exports were approved by Germany; only 2 percent of those were “war weapons,” with 98 percent being “other military equipment” such as helmets, protective vests and communications equipment.
