The key facts

  • Filip Ubovic stated that the movement's program provides for ending arms trade with Israel.
  • He demanded a halt to the drone assembly plant built with the participation of an Israeli defense company, opened by Aleksandar Vucic in September.
  • Serbia's new government has not yet been formed; no official decision on suspending arms trade or the plant's operation has been announced.

Statement on the future government's plans

A representative of the 'Student List' — the movement that won the early parliamentary elections in Serbia on October 25 — stated that the future authorities intend to end arms trade with Israel. Filip Ubovic, one of the movement's prominent figures, spoke in a podcast by British journalist Aaron Bastani on Novara Media, answering a question about how the future Serbian government will build relations with Israel. 'What is happening there is a stain on humanity, and it is truly sad. Our program says that we will end arms trade with Israel,' Ubovic said, commenting on the situation in Gaza.

Demand to halt the project with an Israeli defense company

Ubovic also criticized the close ties of former Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic with Israel and called unacceptable the creation in the country of a plant linked to Israeli partners. He demanded that this project be halted. It concerns a drone assembly facility created in cooperation with an Israeli defense company and opened by Vucic in September.

What is known about the movement's program and the current status

The statement came amid Serbia's preparation for a political transition following the 'Student List's' victory in the elections. The foreign policy program recently presented by the movement condemns Israel's military actions in Gaza and provides for increasing humanitarian aid to Palestinians. However, Serbia's new government has not yet been officially formed, and no official decision has been announced on suspending arms trade with Israel or halting the drone assembly plant's operation: for now, these are the movement's programmatic intentions, not adopted state decisions.