Sharjah 24 – AFP: Israel's security is at the "core" of German foreign policy, the UN's highest court heard on Tuesday, where Berlin has denied a claim that it is aiding in a "genocide" in Gaza.
Nicaragua has brought Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to demand that judges impose emergency measures to stop Berlin from providing Israel with "weapons and other assistance".
Lawyers for Nicaragua argued that Germany is in breach of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention, set up in the wake of the “Holocaust”, by furnishing Israel with weapons.
On Monday, Nicaragua's lawyers called Berlin "pathetic" for supplying Israel with weapons and at the same time giving humanitarian aid to Palestinians.
Nicaragua asked the ICJ to issue "provisional measures", the emergency orders that can be imposed while the court considers the broader case.
Germany had already said after Monday's hearing that it "completely rejected" Managua's claims.
On Tuesday, Berlin's representatives insisted that Germany supplied arms only "on the basis of detailed scrutiny... that far exceeds the requirements of international law".
Nicaragua has requested five provisional measures, including that Germany "immediately suspend its aid to Israel, in particular its military assistance including military equipment".
It also calls on the court to order Germany to "reverse its decision to suspend the funding of UNRWA", the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees.
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