The source, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, did not give more details. The freeze was first reported by The Toronto Star.
I vote Israel does the same. No more Intel Inside, guys, but one for one on the arms sales that it sounds like you’re continuing.
Italy arms exports to Israel continued despite block, minister says
[IsraelTimes] Italia has continued to export arms to Israel, the Italian defense minister says, despite assurances last year that the government was blocking such sales following Israel’s invasion of the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip.
However,
a lie repeated often enough remains a lie...
Guido Crosetto tells parliament that only previously signed orders were being honored after checks had been made to ensure the weaponry would not be used against Gaza civilians.
Under Italian law, arms exports are banned to countries that are waging war and those deemed to be violating international human rights
...not to be confused with
individual rights,mind you...
Crosetto announced last year following the earth-shattering kaboom of violence in Gaza that the Italian authority that oversees the sale of military goods, known as Uama, had blocked authorization of the transfer of arms to Israel.
However,
a lie repeated often enough remains a lie...
picking apart data from statistics agency ISTAT, independent media outlet Altreconomia this week reported that Italia had exported 2.1 million euros ($2.3 million) in arms and munitions to Israel in the last three months of 2023.
In December alone, Italia exported 1.3 million euros ($1.4 million) worth of arms, three times the level of the same month in 2022.
Crosetto tells parliament these were outstanding contracts. "Uama checked them on a case-by-case basis and they did not concern materials that could be used against civilians in Gaza," he says.
La Belle Francesco Vignarca, head of a national pacifist network for disarmament, says there was little clarity surrounding arms sales and criticized recent moves to reform the export law.
"With the [proposed] changes, decisions [on exports] will be more political and transparency will be reduced," he says, adding that all outstanding arms contracts to Israel needed to be suspended.
Italia’s conservative government offered immediate support to Israel in the wake of the Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...terror onslaught on October 7, but has since criticized the Israeli invasion of Gaza, saying far too many civilians were dying and urging an immediate ceasefire.
Which particular species of cowardice does this fall under?