![A view from a hearing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as part of hearing in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the situation in Gaza begins, as ICJ begins delivering order on additional provisional measures in Israel 'genocide' case on May 24, 2024 in The Hague, Netherlands [Nikos Oikonomou - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AA-20240524-34669832-34669825-ICJ_ORDERS_ISRAEL_TO_IMMEDIATELY_HALT_ITS_RAFAH_OFFENSIVE.jpg)
In April 2024, Nicaragua took Germany to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, accusing Berlin of “violating international law for decades” through large-scale arms sales to Israel and thereby upholding the illegal occupation and apartheid regime in Palestine. The immediate trigger for the case was the genocide in the Gaza Strip, for which Israel itself is also being tried before the ICJ. Following October 2023, Germany’s arms exports to Israel surged by more than 900 per cent. In 2022, the Federal Republic supplied weapons worth 32 million euros; between 7 October and the end of December 2023 alone, it delivered arms worth 323.2 million euros. This made Germany the second most important arms supplier to the Zionist […]
