Nearly two-thirds of Germans support Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s decision to partially suspend arms exports to Israel, according to a YouGov survey conducted for dpa.
The poll found that 65 per cent of respondents backed the move announced by the government in Berlin earlier this month, while 19 per cent opposed it and 16 per cent were undecided.
Merz said exports of arms to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip would be suspended, citing the Israeli government’s decision to expand military operations in the Palestinian territory.
The chancellor said that Berlin would continue to back Israel’s right to self-defence but could not provide arms for a conflict that might cost hundreds of thousands of civilian lives.
Support for the decision was above average among voters of the Greens, the Left, the Social Democrats and Merz’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc. Speaks On ..Continue..Reading..
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