(May 28, 2025)
The Israeli government is conducting an “intensive” diplomatic campaign to prevent Germany from imposing “or even suggesting” a potential ban on arms exports to Israel, as reported by Israeli public broadcaster KAN 11 on 27 May.
Tel Aviv is specifically looking to influence the office of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the German Foreign Ministry by claiming that the US-Israeli aid distribution mechanism in southern Gaza represents a “dramatic and fundamental shift” from the total blockade imposed since March.