[Opinion] NGOs Calling for Israeli Arms Embargo Are Dangerous and Hypocritical
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In voting against halting weapons sales to Israel, the U.S. Senate has made a right and just choice. No country should be limited in its defense capabilities, expected to tolerate thousands of rockets and missiles directed at civilians — often with deadly results.
Since Oct. 7, 2023, more than 26,000 rockets have rained down on Israel, and vast stockpiles of weapons — long-range missiles, RPGs, drones, mortar shells, grenades, and other lethal munitions — have been uncovered in Gaza and Southern Lebanon.
From the perspectives of human rights and international law, Israel has the right, and the obligation, to take self-defense measures to stop these attacks and protect its citizens.
Unfortunately, there is still a long road ahead as NGOs around the world have intensified their decades-old and one-sided calls for arms embargoes against the Jewish state. Rather than using law and international justice frameworks to support victims of terror, these political NGOs invent false narratives of genocide, starvation and other war crimes in an attempt to deny Israel’s right to defend its citizens.
