Germany halts arms exports to Israel

德国暂停向以色列出口武器

World Business Report

2025-08-09

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Germany's halted its arms sales to Israel in the wake of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to takeover Gaza City. But despite supplying $565 million worth of military hardware since the 7 October 2023 attacks, how important are Germany's weapons to Israel? We hear what the economic benefits are of a new peace deal brokered by US president Donald Trump between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Roger Hearing finds out why US wine exports to Canada declined drastically. And the big controversy bubbling up over mineral water in France. The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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  • Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

  • I'm Roger Hearing and on this edition,

  • Germany halts arms sales to Israel in the wake of Israel's decision to take over Gaza City.

  • So how important are Germany's weapons to Benjamin Netanyahu?

  • Also, President Trump presides over a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

  • So what are the economic benefits?

  • Why have US wine exports to Canada declined drastically?

  • I think the Canadians are just responding as a natural response to someone who says they want to take you over and a big controversy bubbling up over mineral water in France.

  • But let's start with Gaza.

  • The UN Security Council will meet on Saturday to address Israel's plans to expand its war by taking control of Gaza City.

  • The decision has sparked global condemnation.

  • The UN Secretary General's chief spokesman described it as a dangerous escalation.

  • Meanwhile, Israel's Prime Minister...

  • Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed disappointment over Germany's decision to halt arms sales linked to Gaza.

  • He told Chancellor Merckx that Israel's intention was to defeat Hamas,

  • but not to take over the territory.

  • Here's our Europe correspondent, Bethany Bell.

  • Germany is one of Israel's staunchest allies.

  • Berlin's diplomatic support for Israel is often described as a historic responsibility because of the Holocaust.

  • And Germany is the second largest arms exporter to Israel after the United States.