ALBAWABA - Once again, a German court has dismissed a case filed by a Palestinian father and son seeking to prevent Germany from selling weapons to Israel.
The Higher Administrative Court (OVG) of Brandenburg heard the issue, and an unidentified court representative confirmed the ruling rejecting the plea to halt armament supplies to Tel Aviv.
The Berlin Administrative Court dismissed a complaint that was comparable, and that judgment was mirrored in this one dated June 2024. Residents of Gaza had petitioned the court to stop arms supplies to Israel on the grounds that German weaponry would potentially violate international humanitarian law.
Right now, Germany is Israel's second-largest armaments supplier, right after the US. In 2023, the German government authorized the transfer of armaments and military hardware to Israel, amounting to around €327 million distributed among 308 distinct permits.
The weapons that were supplied the previous year included two Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, ten MTU 750hp diesel engines for Eitan APCs and IFVs, fifty MT883Ka diesel engines for Merkava-4 tanks and Namer APCs, ten DM2A4 Seehecht (SeaHake mod 4) torpedoes for Dolphin submarines, and more than 10,000 rounds of 120 mm tank armor.
