Israel continued to sell advanced weaponry to Myanmar’s military junta despite a government ban on such arms sales, Haaretz has revealed.
The newspaper cited documents and anonymous sources to show that Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems — which has factories in the UK — and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) maintained their trade with Myanmar even after the 2021 military coup in the south-east Asian country, directly opposing government orders to cease doing so.
According to the report, IAI has dispatched at least four shipments since 2018 totalling around 250 metric tons to Myanmar from Israel, with the last dated March 2022. The recipient was named as the head of Myanmar’s Directorate of Defence Procurement. Despite shipping records displaying the […]
Israel sold arms to Myanmar after 2021 military coup, despite govt. ban
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