Arms embargoes on Israel since 2023

Since 7 October 2023, several countries such as Italy, Japan, Spain, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium have ceased the sale of weapons to Israel.[1][2] Key U.S. allies such as Britain and France are debating it.[3] However the United States and Germany as the major suppliers of Israel's arms imports keep supplying lethal weapons in spite of growing criticism of the mounting civilian casualties.[1][2]

Campaign groups and some Western politicians insist that arms sales to Israel must stop because civilian lives have been lost during the Israel–Hamas war, due to alleged Israeli atrocities and the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.[4]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference UN rights body was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Bermant, Azriel (1 August 2024). "The UK's arms sales to Israel are tiny – but here's why Tel Aviv is panicking about a possible ban". The Guardian.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Global pressure grows was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Gaza war: Where does Israel get its weapons?". BBC. 14 October 2023.