{"id":3973,"date":"2025-11-25T00:35:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/reckless-rights-group-decries-germany-lifting-arms-embargo-on-israel\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T00:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T00:35:47","slug":"reckless-rights-group-decries-germany-lifting-arms-embargo-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/reckless-rights-group-decries-germany-lifting-arms-embargo-on-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Reckless\u2019: Rights group decries Germany lifting arms embargo on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Germany had paused armed sales amid Israeli ground offensive in Gaza City, but cited ceasefire in resumption.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Amnesty International has decried the German government\u2019s decision to lift a partial arms embargo on Israel, calling the move \u201creckless\u201d and \u201cunlawful\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Germany responded to mounting domestic pressure in August to ban nearly all arms sales to Israel. That came as Israeli forces moved ahead with a controversial ground operation in Gaza City.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/30\/turkiyes-erdogan-urges-germany-to-help-end-israels-genocide-in-gaza\">Turkiye\u2019s Erdogan urges Germany to help end Israel\u2019s \u2018genocide\u2019 in Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/13\/israeli-settler-attack-on-west-bank-mosque-draws-international-condemnation\">Israeli settler attack on West Bank mosque draws international condemnation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/16\/man-says-shadowy-group-sending-palestinians-out-of-gaza-has-israeli-support\">Man says shadowy group sending Palestinians out of Gaza has Israeli support<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>But last week, Sebastian Hille, a spokesperson for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, announced a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/17\/germany-lifts-curbs-on-arms-exports-to-israel-citing-gaza-ceasefire\">reversa<\/a>l of the policy, citing the October 10 ceasefire in Gaza. He said the enclave has \u201cfundamentally stabilised\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, the day the reversal went into effect, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International\u2019s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, said \u201cnow is absolutely not the time to ease this pressure\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGermany\u2019s decision to lift its partial suspension of weapons shipments to Israel is reckless, unlawful and sends entirely the wrong message to Israel: that it can continue committing genocide, war crimes, and apartheid against Palestinians and unlawfully occupy the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza without fear of consequence,\u201d Guevara-Rosas said.<\/p>\n<p>She called Germany\u2019s erstwhile embargo \u201cone of the few forms of meaningful pressure applied by the international community to Israel\u2019s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has repeatedly been accused of violating the ceasefire and continuing to restrict aid into Gaza. At least four people were killed on Monday in Gaza, where at least 69,733 Palestinians have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2025\/11\/24\/hezbollah-considering-response-israeli-attacks-on-gaza-continue\">killed<\/a> since October 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Germany is the second largest supplier of weapons to Israel, beyond the United States, which has repeatedly refused to leverage the billions of dollars in arms it provides its close ally.<\/p>\n<p>All told, Germany has issued export licenses worth more than 485 million euros ($559m) from October 7, 2023, to May 12, 2025, according to Amnesty, which cited government data.<\/p>\n<p>The weapons transfers have included antitank weapons and gearboxes for Merkava tanks used in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking last week, Hille said Germany would continue to review sales to Israel on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany had paused armed sales amid Israeli ground offensive in Gaza City, but cited ceasefire in resumption. Amnesty International has decried the German government\u2019s decision to lift a partial arms embargo on Israel, calling the move \u201creckless\u201d and \u201cunlawful\u201d. 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