Criminal consequences for officials due to allegedly illegal arms export permits for Israel

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Original text of the question(s):<br /> <br /> Are there cases in which officials of the responsible federal ministries, in view of the legal opinion of the international lawyer Prof. Dr. Kai Ambos, according to which German officials may also be liable to prosecution if they grant arms export permits to Israel, since Germany has signed the Arms Trade Treaty, according to which the federal government does not export arms may approve if there is an "overriding risk" that these weapons will be used to commit crimes under international law (https://verfassungsblog.de/auch-deutsche-officials-konnten-sich-strafbar-machen-haben/), protested in 2024 and 2025 because of, in their view, the threat of unlawful arms export permits for Israel (please break it down by federal ministries and months)?

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1. 29 August 2025

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   Criminal consequences for officials due to allegedly illegal arms export permits for Israel

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