Scholz: Berlin has not decided to end weapons supply to Israel
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stands in line for lunch with mountain soldiers during a visit of the German Federal Armed Forces Bundeswehr mountain infantry brigade in Schneizlreuth, southern Germany, on Monday, July 22, 2024. (Alexandra Beier/Pool Photo via AP)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany had made no decision so far to end its supply of weapons to Israel despite a report last week from the United Nations’ highest court on Israel’s presence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Asked if the report, which declared Israeli settlements to be illegal, might change Germany’s military support for Israel, Scholz said his government had not made a decision on this matter.
“But of course, we decide on a case-by-case basis,” he told an annual summer news conference.
