German court rejects legal challenge to halt arms exports to Israel

A Berlin court on Wednesday rejected lawsuits filed by Gaza residents seeking to halt German arms exports to Israel, dismissing the cases on procedural grounds rather than examining whether the weapons deliveries violated international law, Anadolu reports. The Berlin Administrative Court ruled that the requests of the Palestinian plaintiffs were inadmissible because the German government had already changed its policy and stopped approving new weapons exports that could be used in Gaza. In one case, a Palestinian living in Gaza requested that the German government stop approving weapons export licenses to Israel until the Israeli military withdraws from Gaza. The court ruled the request for preventive legal protection was inadmissible, reasoning that the protection can only be granted if it […]