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France topped EU arms sales to Israel while backing mini-sanctions (euobserver.com)
submitted 6 days 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 6 days ago

God damn it France

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days 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 6 days ago (1 children)

If France topped, who's bottoming?

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Traditionally, Africa and east asia.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Those are not the EU though.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days 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.