search
Arms control
An ORBITER 3 small tactical UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) model on display at the UVID 2014 Conference, at Airport city, Israel on September 17, 2014. (Illustrative photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 29, 2018, 1:59 pm
Israeli dronemaker said to have bombed Armenians for Azerbaijan faces charges
State Attorney’s Office says indictments against Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd, for using suicide UAV against Armenian forces during demonstration in Baku, are pending a hearing
By Jacob Magid
An ORBITER 3 small tactical UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) model on display at the UVID 2014 Conference, at Airport city, Israel on September 17, 2014. (Illustrative photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 14, 2017, 8:24 am
Investigation launched into Israeli dronemaker suspected of bombing Armenia
Court puts gag order on probe of deal between Aeronautics Defense Systems and an unnamed ‘significant customer’
By Judah Ari Gross
Rohingya Muslim refugees making their way into Bangladesh from Myanmar on September 7, 2017. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
September 28, 2017, 6:14 pm
After court’s gagged ruling on arms sales to Myanmar, activists call for protest
As hundreds of thousands displaced by violence in south Asian country, and Israeli government demands weapons exports be kept secret, Myanmar’s own military boasts of its purchases
By Judah Ari Gross
Rohingya Muslim refugees carry food distributed by the Bangladeshi army at the Balukhali refugee camp near Gumdhum on September 26, 2017. (AFP/Dominique Faget)
September 26, 2017, 7:55 pm
Amid genocide allegations, Israel mum on halting arms sales to Myanmar
High Court hears request to halt weapons exports to the Asian nation, but its ruling will be under gag order
By Judah Ari Gross
An Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. Orbiter 1K drone. (Screen capture: YouTube/Practical Information)
August 29, 2017, 10:36 pm
Drone sale to Azeris halted as maker accused of bombing Armenia in demo
Aeronautics Defense Systems reports it stands to lose $20 million deal, denies it illegally used its UAV against Armenian forces during demonstration in Baku
By Judah Ari Gross
An ORBITER 3 small tactical UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) model on display at the UVID 2014 Conference, at Airport city, Israel on September 17, 2014. (Illustrative photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 14, 2017, 9:04 am
Complaint claims Israeli drone maker tried to bomb Armenian army for Azeris
Aeronautics Defense Systems denies it illegally used its suicide drone against Armenian forces during demonstration in Baku; Defense Ministry says it is investigating
By Judah Ari Gross
An Israeli Air Force drone, Hermes 450 UAV, manufactured by Elbit (photo credit: Elbit via Tsahi Ben-Ami/Flash 90)
February 21, 2017, 6:42 am
Israel to ease regulations on arms and defense exports
As sales increase, some controls on industry to be relaxed but penalties for violations to become stiffer
By TOI staff and AFP
South Sudanese government forces ride on a vehicle, January 12, 2014. (AP/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin, File)
September 23, 2016, 7:23 am
High Court hears arguments against spy tech sales to South Sudan
Meretz MK Zandberg behind case to prevent Israeli ‘surveillance weapons’ from being used against political dissidents; details of the trial under gag order
By Judah Ari Gross
In this file photo taken April 14, 2016, government soldiers follow orders to raise their guns during a military parade in Juba, South Sudan. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch, File)
September 10, 2016, 5:49 pm
Israel’s role in South Sudan under scrutiny amid violence
Critics say Netanyahu’s forging of new ties with African countries disregards human rights records of those allies
By Tia Goldenberg and JUSTIN LYNCH
Former defense minister Ehud Barak visits a Rafael Advanced Defense Systems production plant on November 27, 2012. (Alon Bason/Defense Ministry/Flash90)
June 15, 2016, 6:51 am
Likud, Meretz MKs team up to stop arms sales to human rights violators
Politicians from almost every party join Tamar Zandberg, Yehuda Glick on proposal to limit defense exports
By Judah Ari Gross
Brig.-Gen. Tal Kelman, chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force, discusses the changing threats against Israel during the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies' annual conference in Tel Aviv's Hilton Hotel on April 3, 2016. (The Fisher Institute)
April 3, 2016, 4:53 pm
Military edge in peril as weapons flood region, general warns
Israel’s air superiority keeping threats in check, but that could change amid Mideast arms race, air force chief of staff says
By Judah Ari Gross
South Sudanese government forces ride on a vehicle, January 12, 2014. (AP/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin, File)
August 26, 2015, 5:52 pm
South Sudan army using Israeli weapons in civil war, UN says
Security Council report on conflict notes photographs showing South Sudanese soldiers using Israeli-produced assault rifles
By JTA and TOI staff
Barack Obama speaks during an event at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building August 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
August 21, 2015, 3:44 pm
Obama administration played Catch-22 on Iran deal, fumes Israeli arms control expert
US team ignored all advice, says Emily Landau, created situation where you couldn’t criticize deal before it was done, and can’t criticize it now either
By Eric Cortellessa
South Sudanese government forces ride on a vehicle, January 12, 2014. (AP/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin, File)
August 20, 2015, 11:29 pm
As South Sudan bloodies itself, Israeli arms sales questioned
An MK and an attorney are trying to halt the flow of Israeli guns into civil war, but some claim weapons are for proxy war against Iran
By Judah Ari Gross
Load More