German court rejects bid to halt arms exports to Israel

  • 2025-11-13 10:21:02

The Administrative Court of Berlin on Wednesday rejected a pair of appeals to halt German weapons exports to Israel on procedural grounds.

The cases were filed by several Palestinians: one from a naturalized German citizen and the other from his father in Gaza and other co-plaintiffs.   

Their main goal of the appeals was to halt all future weapons exports until the ceasefire and peace talks process in the Middle East is complete, and to retroactively declare a weapons export license already granted by the German government for the export of 3,000 portable anti-tank weapons as unlawful. 

The plaintiffs argued that the government's approval of the exports contravenes Germany's commitments under international humanitarian law. 

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