#Haaretz: Israel Sold Arms to #Myanmar Even After the 2021 Military Coup
— "Israel continued to sell advanced #weapons systems to Myanmar’s armed forces until at least early 2022, a year after the rise of its junta regime.
According to documents and sources who spoke with Haaretz, the government-owned Israel #Aerospace Industries and the Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems maintained their trade with Myanmar despite an international arms embargo on the country, and despite a 2017 ruling by Israel’s High e of Justice and the Israeli government’s own 2018 statement saying it stopped such sales.
The documents attest to at least four shipments from IAI since 2018, totaling around 250 metric tons, dispatched to Myanmar from Israel.
The last shipment is dated March 2022. The head of the Myanmar Directorate of Defense Procurement was the named recipient, and the shipping records gives the cargo as “aircraft parts” and “metal plates.” However, the sources who spoke with Haaretz say these could also be used in ships: IAI has supplied six Dvora-class patrol boats to Myanmar’s navy.
The last two were built in Myanmar and commissioned in a December 2022 formal event. IAI has also provided the junta-led state with advanced radar systems produced by its ELTA Systems subsidiary."
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