Arms embargoes on Israel

Since 7 October several countries such as Italy, Japan, Spain, Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium have ceased the sale of weapons to Israel.[1][2] Key US 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 Israeli-Hamas war, due to alleged Israeli atrocities and the humanitarian condition in 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 Aug 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.