Israeli arms industry

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A new security drone seen flying near a Palestinian village, May 6, 2018. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Thanks to Gaza protests, Israel has a new crop of ‘battle tested’ weapons for sale

Grenade-carrying drones that commit suicide, ‘smart fences,’ and other new tools to suppress demonstrations. A new report reveals how Israel is using the protests in Gaza to showcase its arms industry. By Meron Rapoport In an interview earlier this past April, Sa’ar Korush, who until recently served as the CEO of the company that built the wall surrounding…

By +972 Magazine July 2, 2018

South Sudanese Soldiers. (Steve Evans/CC BY-SA 2.0)

The story behind Israel’s shady military exports

Why doesn’t the Foreign Ministry care whether Israeli weapons end up in the hands of serial human rights violators such as South Sudan? Israel’s greatest champions pride themselves on supporting a flourishing country based on start-up ingenuity that respects democracy and human rights. But do those who call Israel the “start-up nation” and the “only…

By Edo Konrad November 22, 2015