Israel furious as France shuts four stands at Paris Airshow

 Over at the Paris Air Show, a row has broken out after four Israeli company stands at the trade fair were shut down.  

 

 According to Reuters, French authorities ordered that the four stands should be closed for “displaying offensive weapons”, after not complying with an order from a French security agency to remove offensive or kinetic weapons from the stands. 

 

 

Israel’s defence ministry said it had categorically rejected the order to remove some weapons systems from displays, and that the show’s organisers had responded by erecting a black wall to block off the company stands.

In a statement, the ministry said:

“This outrageous and unprecedented decision reeks of policy-driven and commercial considerations.

“This outrageous and unprecedented decision reeks of policy-driven and commercial considerations.

“The French are hiding behind supposedly political considerations to exclude Israeli offensive weapons from an international exhibition - weapons that compete with French industries.”     

 Three smaller Israeli stands, which didn’t have hardware on display, and an Israeli Ministry of Defence stand, remain open, Reuters adds. 

 

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 The closed IAI and RAFAEL stands at the Paris Airshow today