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Join on Telegram Rabat – Slovenia has become the first European Union nation to impose an arms embargo on Israel in response to Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on Gaza
Prime Minister Robert Golob announced the news on Thursday.
The decision has imposed an embargo on the export, import, and transit of all arms to Israel, to stop the genocide in Gaza.
Ljubljana had declared several far-right Israeli government ministers persona non grata last week. Slovenia recognized the Palestinian state last year in June.
Slovenia has been one of the main voices of opposition in Europe against the Israeli government. Now, they have become the first country to block arms sales.
President Natasa Pirc Musar had previously told the European Parliament that the EU needed to take much stronger actions against Israel, calling their war a genocide.
The Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon on Thursday said that Slovenia would keep all further measures on the table, “We support the suspension of Israel’s Accession Agreement, all trade sanctions, an arms embargo, sanctions against settlers, and ministers who support violence.”
Fajon also rejected any idea of consolidation or resolution between the two countries until the violence had stopped, and a ceasefire was announced.
Golob on Thursday said that Israel’s actions constitute serious and intolerable violations of international law, saying that thousands of Palestinians, “were dying because humanitarian aid has been systematically denied to them.”
This confirms recent announcements from the United Nations, which has stated that it believes that nearly half a million people could face famine before the end of September.
International pressure has grown consistently in recent weeks, with France, Canada, and the UK announcing that they would recognise a Palestinian state unless Israel stops its war in Gaza.
This brave decision by the Slovenian government could inspire other European nations to make similar announcements.
