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like the one we are here today is the john and tom stuff. elizabeth, speaking the message from me, the industry in for an hour of an update for you at the top of the hour. of course, i’m gonna have the office invalid for me in the news team here. thanks for watching the there’s no, i’m just trying to have a site and make the right decision. do you have any news on the ground? can you know? follow c, w, this is the, is available to them and it has never been since the each made in germany. german leopard tanks

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has been a big help in pushing back freshest, full scale invasion according to ukraine. but they also tell us something about germany. germany is driving force in nature, making major contributions to our share of security. germany is right in the middle of europe and the nato block. it’s not far from ukraine, and the countries of nato’s eastern flag, the countries closest to russia. since the war and ukraine. there’s been a lot of talk about germany getting ready to defend itself, to be honest with you, if it’s too confusing, i’ll let you know, 10 minutes of the bonus, you have cost convincing data. so stocks, and i mean of us getting there is also going to require more orders to german arms,

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not new factors from other countries says security and defense policy. expert id marketing on the one hand to once the arms determined on forces to be equipped better and also much more quickly. that means on the other hand, slips those arsenal structures need more orders from coming in were sent means that’s germany should be ready to to relax. it’s the army exports of policies, right significantly. so far, germany has had some of the strictest rules and regulations on arms exports in the world because of its history. right after world war 2, the allies didn’t want germany to have an army, let alone build an export weapons. they didn’t want germany to be able to start a war again. so germany’s past

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explains today strict rules. the german government needs to give permission for any arms exports. and there’s a lot of treaties and laws that has to follow the war weapons act, therefore, and trade regulations on the 11th. and on the international level, the, i’m strict treat. this is the movement of the search key. she’s been researching german arms exports for over 20 years. we differentiate between one weapons and other weapons for weapons. that’s things like tanks, fighter jets war ships, and automatic firearms rules for those are stricter than their other weapons and military equipment that includes pistols, hunting, rifles, radar and radio equipment, spare parts and even certain explosives. not that that list sounds totally harmless either. so who can buy german weapons and military equipment?

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let’s look at the countries and territories that got approval in 2024. germany’s closest allies can buy them more easily. the u. nato states and several countries considered like minded. other countries are considered 3rd states by germany. they can buy weapons, but they have to jump through more hoops. let’s take the see radical case of an e u country buying radio equipment from germany. here, the ministry of economic affairs would decide that’s easy. but there’s a higher decision making body for the not so easy cases like orders on tax, germany’s national security council, which just got to read them. the council is made up of the chancellor and relevant ministers. they make their decisions behind closed doors. this is

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totally in transparent and we as a public and a scientist, do not get any information about it. the council makes the final call on all orders for weapons, for any weapons or military equipment, orders from 3rd states, and on special cases, like unusually big corridors. there’s kind of a checklist of factors they consider is the country involved and the conflict? is the country defending itself from an attack like ukraine has been? are there security concerns for germany? what’s the recipient’s human rights record? in 2024 around 99 percent of permit requests were approved and around $13000000000.00 euros worth of german arms were approved for an export. so do all these countries meet germany? strict criteria? or let’s take

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a look at the euro fight or types tune war planes. it’s an example of how germany is increasingly putting its political interests ahead of established rules and principles. by the way, the plane isn’t totally german. it’s a european cooperation project with the u. k. spain and italy, it’s been particularly popular among buyers in the middle east, like tar and saudi arabia. and it’s been key in the war. and yet that’s a saudi lead and western backed coalition, including the united arab emirates, has been fighting against the who’s the militia. there since 2015 the war and resulting humanitarian crisis have killed an estimated 400000 civilians. we clearly had news and reliable information of h l. violations and human rights violations there. and despite this

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fact, german ons went to saudi arabia. so saudi arabia is missing the mark on that german checklist. it took the murder of saudi journalist jamal’s shop cheap in saudi arabia’s consulate in turkey, in 2018 for germany to impose in arms and bar, go on saudi arabia kind of ex parte the non custodial there since been confirmation that german weapons and parts sold to saudi arabia and the u. a. e, were used in several locations in yemen. that’s what a joint investigation by d. w and other media outlets showed given all that, you would think saudi arabia shouldn’t be getting german weapons anymore. but actually, germany lifted the embargo, why political interest almost for one since the 2022 attack on ukraine,

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germany has sought alternatives to russian oil and gas, especially in the middle east having access and trying to, to open up a new avenue use to, to resources including oil, clearly play. it’s a huge role after germany. tribes to the couple of so from russia plus german arms have a lot of buyers in the middle east. not all of them with the best human rights record by the way. so germany wants oil and money, but it says it also wants to billy in a tense region. germany has lifted some of some of its restrictions regarding the homes, expose to saudi arabia. and i think this has to do with how a gemini sees saudi arabia as a possible stabilizing fact. so given the war in gaza, that’s saying who’s saying a research or focusing on arms transfers to the middle east,

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including from germany. so why would germany want to get so involved in stabilizing the middle east? one key reason israel in germany has started being conventions to, as well as security. to understand that, let’s get back to the german history. we mentioned before germany systematically persecuted and murdered jews in the holocaust. after world war 2, germany and the newly established state of israel gradually developed a close relationship which became a cornerstone of german politics. so history forged those ties just like it led to those strict arms export rules. israel security has remained a key driver in germany foreign policy. and that has also meant buying arms from israel and exporting german weapons to israel.

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between 20192023. the us delivered 69 percent of the arms, the israel imported 30 percent came from germany on october 7th, 2023. how must launched a terror attack against israel? the group killed nearly 1200 people. took 251 hostages and broadcasts their actions and footage like this. these moment give this production lines. templates on the side to the sides. ones with the teeth finish involved. germany was already a big arms x border to israel before october, 7th. after the attack, germany’s exports skyrocketed. germany said the increase was based on what it views as israel’s right to defend itself. just like for ukraine. in response to the

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attack, israel launched an offensive on gaza. 2 years later, its army is killed, at least 68000 palestinians, most of them civilians. in september 2025, a u. n. investigation found the israel was committing genocide and gaza. a genocide case against israel is also currently ongoing at the international court of justice . america tank has been an important part of israel as military action across the entire gaza strip. the tanks themselves, there is rarely, but some of them are powered by diesel engines produced in germany. the german made mounted or an antique tank weapon system is also being used by the audience, including here in hon. eunice. this social media video posted by israeli soldiers

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shows the idea of firing it in the city, reportedly at palestinian homes. after october, 7th, germany sent 3000 more mad at doors. then there’s the german build, saw r 6 class corvettes warships. they’ve been part of israel c blockade of gaza, which is kept out humanitarian aid including food. and this idea of footage reportedly shows the ships firing on gaza for germany changed course when israel announced its ground defensive on garza city, donald had to sign to they actually gave him me sure. kind of asking me to leave on the decent conflict to the test a massive shift in german policy. ready right, is still a significant political measure as i see it, and i don’t think this was meant necessarily to be and far reaching miss shahida.

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this is a limited measure which really applies to ons being used in gods because germany hasn’t stopped all exports of military equipment to israel. it’s only put a stop on certain kinds of weaponry and on new approvals, and with the gulf of ceasefire in place, israel is demanding an end to german restrictions, dw, ask the german government about that. they seem to think it’s too early for any change. its own skews via the veteran beach to go in the non austin and, and chide up is to get us to find on give to them. but the big picture here is the deep corporation that as well and germany have with each other, gemini, is interested in long term corporate defense corporation with, as well, including a coverage and fusion votes of arms and technology from as well. remember how germany is trying to build up its own defenses. while they’re setting up what’s

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known as a sky shield using a us as rarely air defense system. this is decades of close ties we’re talking about and that’s not likely to change fully despite what’s been happening in gaza. so what does all that mean for germany’s arms exports more broadly? it’s questionable the extent to which human rights concerns are really being thoughts before we are in the year of mess of retirement, which we won’t see as of a more restrictive of 6 portfolio. definitely. um is maturing in the sense that it’s, that is coming to, to realize that the delivering arms to, to other countries is part or should be part of a country’s security and defense policy. germany says it’s arms, exports have always balanced human rights against security, interest,

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