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France topped EU arms sales to Israel while backing mini-sanctions (euobserver.com)

submitted 2 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/world@quokk.au

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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/63447959

France, Germany, and Greece led EU arms sales to Israel in 2024

Romania, the Czech Republic, and Finland also licensed millions of euros of arms exports to Israel in 2024

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[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 9 points 2 months ago

God damn it France

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Remember when people was celebrating a fake recognition of palestine? The west pretend to support a palestinian state while giving weapons to ensure it would never happen

[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If France topped, who's bottoming?

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Traditionally, Africa and east asia.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Those are not the EU though.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Alright, then England or Russia. Maybe Switzerland.

I used to be able stretch this joke much further, but the EU has expanded and waiting for your response to then reply with only “Türkiye” doesn’t sound fun.