Tel Aviv: The British government has recently imposed unilateral restrictions on the official participation of Israeli government and military representatives in the DSEI UK 2025 exhibition, scheduled to take place in London from September 9 -12.
“This is record hypocrisy, While the British politicians play a dirty game, British defence companies are visiting Israeli ones in a record pace looking for potential collaboration,” a source from the Israeli defence industry said.
According to the official announcement of the Israel Ministry of Defence, these restrictions amount to a deliberate and regrettable act of discrimination against Israel’s representatives. Accordingly, the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD) will withdraw from the exhibition and will not establish a national pavilion.
“Israeli industries that choose to participate will, however, receive the Ministry’s full support.”
According to the ministry’s official announcement, at a time when Israel is engaged on multiple fronts against Islamist extremists and terrorist organisations – forces that also threaten the West and international shipping lanes – this decision by Britain plays into the hands of extremists, grants legitimacy to terrorism, and introduces political considerations wholly inappropriate for a professional defence industry exhibition.
-The writer is an Israel-based freelance journalist. The views expressed are of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda
