Overview
- Government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius said the August partial pause will end on November 24, with approvals again decided individually and adjusted to future developments.
- The move is justified by the Gaza truce in place since October 10 and intensified efforts on peace talks and humanitarian relief for civilians in the Strip.
- Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar welcomed the reversal and called on other governments to take similar steps.
- International monitors reported a sharp rise in West Bank settler attacks in October, while Israeli police arrested three settlers and the IDF chief and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged action against a violent minority.
- Legal scrutiny persists as Nicaragua’s case against Germany at the ICJ continues and Berlin courts recently dismissed related lawsuits, with any specific deliveries—such as tank engine components from Renk—still requiring licenses.