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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

ICJ rejects request to order Germany to stop selling arms to Israel

Judge Nawaf Salam stands amongst other judges of the International court of justice
Judge Nawaf Salam presided over the ICJ ruling on Nicaragua's request to order Berlin to halt military arms exports to Israel. Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

The International court of justice has rejected a request by Nicaragua to issue Germany emergency orders to desist selling arms to Israel, by 15 votes to one.

The decision, according to the judgment read in court in The Hague, is largely based on a significant decrease in recent German arms sales to Israel, the largely defensive nature of arms recently sold, and the extensive internal German government processes to consider if arms would be used to prosecute war crimes or genocide.

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