Europe Fuels Israel’s Gaza Genocide with Record Arms Purchases

Bloomberg reported Thursday that European governments bought $8 billion worth of Israeli arms last year.

The report noted that demand is “likely to grow” as NATO members move to more than double military budgets in line with Washington’s diktats.

The US-imposed target requires NATO countries to raise defense spending from two to five percent of GDP by 2035.

Two senior Israeli military officials told Bloomberg that European nations are expected to keep sourcing weapons from Israel’s three main arms producers: Elbit Systems, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, and Israel Aerospace Industries.

Figures released by Israel’s war ministry in June showed defense exports soared to a record $14.8 billion in 2024, with Europe accounting for 54 percent of total sales — up sharply from 35 percent a year earlier.

This surge in European arms purchases comes despite mounting public calls across the continent for governments to cut ties with the Zionist regime and halt complicity in its Gaza atrocities.

Germany has suspended military exports that could be used in the Strip, while Spain has barred Israel-bound weapons ships and aircraft from its ports and airspace.

France and Britain are among several Western powers preparing to recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly this month.

The Netherlands has announced a ban on imports of settlement-made products from the occupied West Bank.

Israel unleashed its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after Palestinian resistance fighters launched Operation Al-Aqsa Storm in retaliation for decades of Zionist occupation, massacres, and destruction.

The regime’s relentless bombardment and siege have so far slaughtered more than 64,718 Palestinians, the overwhelming majority women and children.