In a statement on Monday, the day the reversal went into effect, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, said “now is absolutely not the time to ease this pressure”. “Germany’s 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,” Guevara-Rosas said. 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.
Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published at: 2025-11-24 22:13:01
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