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SvennoJ on 23 May 2025
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Bofferbrauer2 said:

Sounds like Europe and Canada have increasingly enough of Israel. While for now it's just a strongly worded letter and annulment/freeze of trade agreements (or their talks for one in case of the UK), they could tariff the shit out of Israel. And if that's not enough, a trade ban similar to the one for Russia would hurt Israel massively since Israel needs to import almost everything.

China will have to act beyond words and token diplomacy. Israel imports the most from China which is the least supportive of Israel of the top 3. USA and Germany will be the last to sanction Israel :/

We (Canada) don't even rank in the top 10 but any sanctions will help. (Not that our government has put that on the table yet, it's all virtue signalling so far trying to pretend they're not complicit)

Israel bought $91.5bn worth of goods from around the world in 2024. The biggest exporters to Israel were China with $19bn, the United States with $9.4bn, and Germany with $5.6bn.

  • China primarily exported electric vehicles, mobile phones, computers and metals.
  • The United States sold Israel explosive munitions, diamonds, electronics and chemical products. Israel receives billions in US military aid, much of which is spent on American-made weapons, effectively boosting US exports.
  • Germany exported vehicles, pharmaceutical products, machinery and electronics.

The USA is also by far the biggest importer of Israeli goods.

The biggest importers of Israeli products were the United States with $17.3bn, Ireland with $3.2bn and China with $2.8bn.

I'm surprised Ireland hasn't sanctioned Israel yet as the 3rd largest importer.

Ireland was the largest buyer of Israeli integrated circuits in 2024, importing some $3bn billion worth of electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies. These components are widely used in Ireland’s pharmaceutical, medical device and tech manufacturing sectors.


Netanyahu is right :( If even the biggest European critic of Israel and 3rd largest export trade partner won't step up, why would he slow down at all...

But the tide is turning, I hope Europe keeps up the pressure through protests and supporting the BDS movement.