Slovenia becomes first EU country to ban arms trade with "Israel" over Gaza war
"Slovenia is the first European country to ban the import, export and transit of weapons to and from Israel," the government said in a statement, adding that it was acting independently because the bloc was "unable to adopt concrete measures" as it had requested.
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