ICJ rules it will not halt German arms to Israel
The German government said the lawsuit was unjustified.
Berlin is a staunch ally of Israel and the second largest supplier of arms to the country after the US.
A final ruling could take years. Today’s decision was over emergency measures to be implemented swiftly.
In 2023 some 30% of Israel’s military equipment purchases came from Germany, totalling $326.5m (£257m) last year – a tenfold increase on 2022.
Nicaragua said Germany’s arms sales to Israel made it complicit in Israel’s alleged war crimes.
The Central American country had brought the case to the Hague in early March to ask judges to issue emergency measures to stop Berlin from providing Israel with weapons and other assistance.
It also said Germany had breached the UN genocide convention by ceasing funding of the UN’s aid agency, UNRWA.
