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France bars Israeli firms from naval trade fair in November
Visitors stand at the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) booth at the Eurosatory international land and air defense and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, on June 13, 2022. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
PARIS — France has banned Israeli firms from participating in an upcoming military naval trade show, two sources aware of the matter say, the latest incident to highlight an increasingly tense relationship between the two allies.
Paris had already banned Israeli firms from taking part in a military trade show earlier this year. The French Defense Ministry at the time said the conditions were no longer right for the companies to take part when President Emmanuel Macron is “calling for Israel to cease operations in Gaza.”
The French Defense Ministry and Foreign Ministry, Israeli embassy and Euronaval, which is organizing the annual naval fair between November 4-7, did not respond to requests for comment.
