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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The defense industry of Israel is a strategically important sector and a large employer, as well as a major supplier of the Israel Defense Forces. The country is a large exporter of military equipment, accounting for 2.1% of the world total in 2024. Three Israeli companies were listed on the 2022 ...
In 2022, UK-approved arms export licenses to Israel were worth $52.5 million, but 10 "open" licenses were also issued with an unlimited value, the actual value of the export is unclear. Between the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel and May 31, according to government statistics, Britain issued more than 108 arms export licenses to Israel. [11]
German defense export approvals for Israel rose nearly tenfold to 326.5 million euros ($351 million) in 2023 compared with 2022 as Berlin treated permit requests as a priority after Hamas' Oct. 7 ...
Some European countries say they have stalled arms exports to Israel amid growing consternation about the way it is waging war against Hamas in Gaza, while the United States Senate on Tuesday ...
U.K. Foreign Minister David Lammy said Monday that the government will stop 30 of the 350 arms export licenses with Israel due to a “clear risk” some weapons might be used to “commit or ...
[32] [33] [34] 15% of the components of each Israeli-owned F-35 fighter jet are made by British companies, including BAE Systems. [35] According to the Campaign Against Arms Trade, the UK has granted arms export licences to Israel amounting to £574 million ($727 million) since 2008, including £42 million ($53 million) in 2022. [36]
Israel's Shomrim Research Network confirmed this decrease. The German spokesman of the Ministry of Economy told the dpa news agency that there is no ban on the export of weapons to Israel, saying Germany makes decisions on arms exports on a case-by-case basis, taking into account humanitarian law. [12]
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's approval of arms export licences to Israel dropped sharply after the start of the war Hamas in Gaza, with the value of permits granted for the sale of military ...