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Weapons for Israel, which countries contribute and who has stopped sending

2024-10-18 23:40:23Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Weapons for Israel, which countries contribute and who has stopped sending
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In 2023, Germany contributed 30 percent of Israel's weapons, but supplies have decreased significantly in 2024. German military aid has dropped from around 200 million euros in October 2023 to 1 million euros in March 2024. But German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, stated that Israel can and will always be able to rely on arms shipments from Germany.

Italy has supplied Israel with helicopters and weapons, according to SIPRI, and is a partner in the F-35 fighter jet program. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in late January that Italy had halted arms shipments to Israel from October 7, 2023, but all previously signed agreements had been respected, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI.

The UK government says its "military exports to Israel are low". It said it had issued licenses worth $23.42 million in 2023. However, Foreign Secretary David Lammy suspended about 30 of 350 of them after the Labor government took office in July. The suspensions affected the supply of some parts for drones and F-35 fighter jets. However, the UK government has not suspended supplies of materials not used in the Israel-Hamas conflict, such as for training purposes.

In February, the Spanish Foreign Ministry stressed that Madrid had not sold any weapons to Israel since October 7, 2023. On October 11 of this year, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned the Israeli offensive in Lebanon as "unacceptable" and asked the international community to stop arms exports to Israel.

While Paris has historically supplied weapons to Israel, relations between the two countries have become increasingly strained in recent weeks, leading to harsh words from Benjamin Netanyahu over Paris' decision to review the terms of Israel's participation in the arms fair. Euronaval.

On October 5, Macron called for a complete suspension of the sale of weapons "used in the war in Gaza" and stressed that France was not involved in their supply. According to SIPRI, it is true that from 2019 to 2023 there were no major French arms exports to Israel, but Paris still supplied weapons components.

The United States has warned Israel that it may stop supplying arms if the humanitarian situation in Gaza does not improve. This is not the first time that Israel's main ally has threatened to cut off supplies. In May, US President Joe Biden threatened to freeze some arms shipments to Israel if the southern city of Rafah is captured. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed on with the campaign and the flow of American weapons has continued.

The latest warning, however, which gives Israel 30 days to improve the humanitarian situation on the ground or risk violating US laws governing foreign military aid, is a significant increase in pressure.

The United States is by far the largest arms supplier to Israel. In 2023, 69% of Israel's arms imports came from the United States, according to a report on international arms transfers by SIPRI.

Germany was the second largest, with 30%, followed by Italy with 0.9%.

The United Kingdom, France and Spain were among the other smallest contributors.

A CNN analysis has identified numerous cases of US-made munitions being used during the war, including in attacks that killed civilians.

CNN recently revealed that US-made bombs were likely used in the Israeli attack that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. The US also provides financial aid to Israel, providing more than $130 billion in bilateral financing since 1948, the US State Department reports.


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