France has reneged on its earlier decision to prevent eight Israel companies from participating in the Milipol Paris exhibition on security and defence, which will be held in November this year. According to Israeli media, France asserted that the reversed decision was “not the result of Israeli pressure.” Even though Israel had swiftly warned France of dire consequences in diplomatic relations as a result of the ban. The public is expected to believe that Israel, whose technology is sought globally, had nothing whatsoever to do with the reversal. Not even media reports in Israel are buying this narrative. Israel said it was surprised by the ban, given the ceasefire in Gaza – a ceasefire that was violated multiple times and […]
