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.
Nicaragua claimed Germany approved deliveries of military equipment worth €326.5m (£279.2m) to Israel in 2023, 10 times as much as in 2022, but German lawyers told the court there had been a significant decrease in sales since then, falling to €1m (£855,000) in March 2024.
The court also found that only four licences for war weapons had been issued by the German government including two for training ammunition.
The judges also rejected that there was a requirement for Germany to continue funding the UN relief works agency as contributions are voluntary, arguing other means existed to provide humanitarian aid in Gaza.
However, the 16-judge panel declined to throw out the case altogether, in which Nicaragua alleges Germany is enabling genocide in Gaza, meaning it will continue to be heard at the court.
Salam said the court “remains deeply concerned about the catastrophic living conditions of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in particular in view of the prolonged and widespread deprivation of food and other basic necessities to which they have been subjected”.
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