Wednesday, 8 January 2014

Israel reveals more than $7 billion in arms sales, but few names

The government on Wednesday released a very partial list of the recipients of Israeli arms sales over the past two years, saying that Israeli weapons had been sold to Spain, the United States, Kenya, South Korea and the United Kingdom in 2011 and 2012.
The list did not include the many other states that have independently claimed to have purchased defense equipment from Israel.
The information was published in response to a court order to reveal arms sales information following a freedom of information petition from an Israeli lawyer. Israel does not normally name the states to which it sells arms and the state had previously refused to publish the information based on “security concerns.”

Israel reveals more than $7 billion in arms sales, but few names - Diplomacy and Defense Israel News | Haaretz

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