ICJ rejects request to order Germany to stop selling arms to Israel

Nicaragua brought plea to court, arguing sales of weapons make Berlin complicit in alleged war crimes

The International court of justice has rejected a request by Nicaragua to issue Germany emergency orders to desist selling arms to Israel, by 15 votes to one.

The decision, according to the judgment read in court in The Hague, is largely based on a significant decrease in recent German arms sales to Israel, the largely defensive nature of arms recently sold, and the extensive internal German government processes to consider if arms would be used to prosecute war crimes or genocide.