Amnesty International has renewed its call to impose an arms embargo on Israel, following recurring clashes between the IDF and protesters in the Gaza strip. The United Nations has imposed arms embargoes within the sanctions regimes of:
• None Sudan for ‘Those who impede the peace process, constitute a threat to stability in Darfur and the region, commit violations of international humanitarian or human rights law or other atrocities”
• None Congo for “Engaging in or providing support for acts that undermine the peace, stability or security of the DRC” such as “planning, directing, or committing acts in the DRC that constitute human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law, as applicable, including those acts involving the targeting of civilians, including killing and maiming, rape and other sexual violence, abduction, forced displacement, and attacks on schools and hospitals’
• None Libya for “Individuals and entities involved in or complicit in ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses against persons in Libya, including by being involved in or complicit in planning, commanding, ordering or conducting attacks, in violation of international law, including aerial bombardments, on civilian populations and facilities’ UN Sanctions

All the above criteria for sanctions (and more) apply to the Jewish state’s military occupation and control of Palestinian lives over the past 70 years and apply to its blatant belligerence during the past month against Gaza’s unarmed protesters that has culminated, to date, in 46 martyrs and over 6000 injuries that began with the Good Friday massacre. “Despite international condemnation, the Israeli army has not retracted its illegal orders to shoot unarmed demonstrators.“The nature of the reported injuries attests to the fact that Israeli soldiers are using weapons intended to cause maximum harm.“...These incidents appear to be deliberate attempts to kill or at least injure the protesters in a way that causes disability. This is a serious violation of the Geneva Convention and a war crime,” Mugrabi emphasized.In response to these acts, the world must impose a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel, Amnesty International demanded.“The time has come to stop symbolic condemnation. The international community must act concretely and stop the delivery of arms and military equipment to Israel,” the group stated. “The failure to do so will add fuel the most serious human rights violations against thousands of men, women and children living under the cruel siege imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip.”In addition, Mugrabi called on the International Criminal Court to investigate the situation in Gaza. “Unless Israel ensures an effective and independent investigation leading to criminal charges against those responsible, the ICC must open an official investigation into these killings and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.”Amnesty International is known for speaking out against Israel and frequently and extensively critiques the country for alleged violations of human rights.This February, the organization published its annual report, which stated that Israel was killing and torturing Palestinian children, committing unlawful killings, subjecting the approximately two million inhabitants of the Gaza strip to collective punishment and using excessive force.In July 2017, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon called to remove tax breaks for Amnesty International’s Israeli donors in light of the organization’s campaigning against Israeli policies.Likud MK Miki Zohar then said that “unfortunately, Amnesty defines itself as a human rights organization but behaves in the opposite way.
Amnesty International makes a fresh call for an arms embargo against Israel, claiming "malicious tactics" and "murderous" attacks on Gazan civilians justify one.