Slovenia announced it will ban all arms imports, exports and transit to and from Israel in response to the country’s violations in Gaza.
Slovenia, which has often criticized Israel over its atrocities in Gaza, called the ban, announced late Thursday, "the first such move by a European Union member state.”
Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob has said on multiple occasions that Slovenia would act unilaterally in the absence of concerted EU action, the state STA news agency reported.
"The EU is currently incapable of completing this task due to internal discord and disunity,” the government press release said. "The result thereof is shameful: People in Gaza are dying because they are systematically denied humanitarian aid. They are dying under rubble, without access to drinking water, food and basic health care.”
Tiny Slovenia has almost no arms trade with Israel and the decision to ban weapons trade with Israel is mainly a diplomatic message meant to step up pressure as international outrage over Israel’s genocidal attacks and images of starvation in Gaza.
