Israel Presses Germany to Lift Arms Export Restrictions, Citing Gaza Ceasefire
By Claudette
Posted Nov 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Israel is pressing the German government to lift restrictions on arms exports, citing the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which has been in place for more than a month, according to a report by Al Jazeera Net.
Israeli Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor said that “it is nice to say that Israel has the right to defend itself, but if Israel does not have the means to do so, it is a problem.” He described the ceasefire as “a good reason to lift this arms embargo.”
In August, the German chancellor, identified in the report as Friedrich Mertes, ordered a temporary suspension of permits for weapons exports to Israel if they were usable in the Gaza war. The report says the decision responded to an escalation of Israeli military operations in the Strip, which it says left more than 69,000 dead and more than 170,000 wounded. Before that, the report says, the German government had increasingly criticized the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom it describes as wanted for war crimes by an international body, but had refrained from imposing sanctions.
After an agreement between Israel and Hamas on initial steps in a peace process, Mertes said the arms embargo must be reviewed, but the report notes that a decision to lift it has not yet been issued. Netanyahu had accused Germany, over the August decision, of “rewarding Hamas for its terrorism,” the report says.
The report also notes several legal challenges to German arms exports to Israel. At the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Nicaragua has brought a case accusing Germany of complicity in Israel’s participation in genocide in the Gaza Strip, the report says. The Berlin Administrative Court is hearing claims filed by several Palestinians in Gaza against arms exports to Israel. Such claims speak for people who have little voice in these decisions (Proverbs 31:8-9).
A ceasefire in the Gaza war has been in place since October 10, the report says, but Israel continues to commit daily violations that have resulted in the deaths of more than 240 residents of the besieged area.
Source: Read the original report (translated from Arabic)
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