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The arms sales to Argentina included Douglas A-4 Skyhawk jets which would later be used in the war with the United Kingdom. [4] Carlos Menem was the first head of state of Argentina to make a diplomatic visit to Israel, in 1991. He proposed to mediate between Israel and Syria in their negotiations over the Golan Heights. [5]
After Israel's rupture with France, the Israeli government reportedly reached out to Argentina. The Argentine government agreed to sell Israel yellowcake (uranium oxide). [ 60 ] [ 70 ] Between 1963 and 1966, about 90 tons of yellowcake were allegedly shipped to Israel from Argentina in secret. [ 59 ]
Sixty-nine percent of Israel's total arms purchases come from US firms, with 30 percent coming from Germany and 0.9 percent coming from Italy. Defense imports from other countries make up 0.1% of the country's total. [10] Israel has been supplied with most of its defense equipment that includes bombs that weigh 2,000 pounds by the United States ...
Canada's government said on March 20 that it had stopped licensing arms exports to Israel since Jan. 8, and the freeze would continue until Ottawa could ensure the weapons are used in accordance ...
Senior administration officials previously told NBC News that the U.S. halted a large shipment of offensive weapons to Israel last week over fears that they would be used to invade Rafah, a city ...
US President Jimmy Carter imposed an arms embargo on the military government of Argentina in 1977 in response to human rights abuses. [2]An arms embargo was put in place, along with other economic sanctions by the European Economic Community (EEC), within a week of the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic. [3]
A source close to the ministry cited a senior government official as saying it had stopped work on approving export licences for arms to Israel due to legal and political pressure from legal cases ...
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]