France again bans Israel from Eurosatory defense exhibition

Israel’s Ministry of Protection introduced at present that the French authorities has banned the official participation of the State of Israel within the Eurosatory protection and safety exhibition to be held later this month close to Paris. That is much like the choice made two years in the past, through which France barred official representatives of the Israeli Ministry of Protection from organising a nationwide pavilion.

Israeli firms will have the ability to exhibit on the exhibition, however they are going to be prohibited from presenting assault weapons. Dozens of Israeli firms had deliberate to exhibit at this yr’s Eurosatory, which can be held from June 14-16.. Their participation just isn’t prohibited in accordance with latest stories, and it’s potential that they are going to proceed with their plans to show non-assault weapons throughout the exhibition. Nevertheless, there can be no official pavilion of the Protection Export Division of the Ministry of Protection (SIBAT) or of any official physique on behalf of the State of Israel.

The Protection Ministry mentioned, “The French choice contains: a ban on the participation of presidency representatives within the exhibition, a ban on the opening of an Israel nationwide pavilion, and a ban on Israeli protection industries from presenting assault weapons, however solely air protection merchandise. This displays inequality in contrast with different industries on this planet and is opposite to accepted norms at worldwide exhibitions.”

The ministry added, “It is a shameful choice that exudes a powerful scent of political and industrial issues, and sadly, just isn’t surprising.”

France is a significant rival of the Israeli arms trade, each worldwide and in Europe particularly. Amongst different issues, France just isn’t a companion within the air protection umbrella initiative that Germany is selling for Europe by procuring the Arrow 3 system and different superior programs from Israel.

The Ministry of Protection wrote, “France, which prides itself on the values of freedom and democracy, is performing in full contradiction to the values it claims to signify, and is supposedly masking itself up with a pretend political consideration with a view to exclude from a world exhibition Israeli offensive weapons whose high quality is infinitely higher than French ones. That is after Israeli applied sciences demonstrated extraordinary efficiency with precision and effectiveness in opposition to terrorist organizations and regimes that threaten not solely Israel, however regional and world stability as an entire.”

The final time the exhibition was held two years in the past, a sequence of bans and restrictions have been imposed on Israeli firms and the Ministry of Protection on the final minute. A choice made by the exhibition organizers, following a authorities directive in Could 2024, was invalidated by a excessive courtroom in Paris, however solely after the exhibition had already taken place.

This induced nice harm to Israe’s picture, amongst different issues, because the transfer was perceived as supporting these demanding a suspension of arms provides to Israel, claiming it was committing genocide in Gaza. Final yr, on the final minute, entry to the pavilions of Israeli firms on the Paris air present was blocked.

Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on June 1, 2026.

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