well, this is depressing
the israelis are perhaps the 21st century new n*zis, now getting plenty of help from the old european n*zis. Germany's got your back, boys.
"...In 2023 some 30% of Israel's military equipment purchases came from Germany, totalling $326.5m (£257m) last year - a tenfold increase on 2022."
And here's the geo-political money quote of the day. Sound familiar to anyone watching the war in the Ukraine between Nato and Russia? I have to stop my gag reflex on this one:
"....Writing on X following the court's verdict, the German ministry of foreign affairs welcomed the decision and said Germany was "not a party to the conflict in the Middle East".
ICJ rules it will not halt German arms to Israel
The International Court of Justice has ruled against issuing emergency orders to stop Germany's arms sales to Israel.
Nicaragua brought the case, arguing that Germany had breached the UN genocide convention by sending military hardware to Israel....."
And
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-icj-nicaragua-germany-israel-9c4601a3749fb51ae77ca43cadde4c1a
...The International Court of Justice said that legal conditions for making such an order weren’t met and ruled against the request in a 15-1 vote, effectively siding with Germany, which told judges that it’s barely exporting any arms to Israel.
However, the 16-judge panel declined to throw out the case altogether, as Germany had requested....
....The court “remains deeply concerned d about the catastrophic living conditions of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” said Nawaf Salam, the court’s president.
He added that the court “considers it particularly important to remind all states of their international obligations relating to the transfer of arms to parties to an armed conflict, in order to avoid the risk that such arms might be used” to violate international law.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 30 2024 22:14 utc
