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French Court Strikes Down Ban on Israeli Companies at Weapons Show
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/world/middleeast/arms-show-ban-france-israel-weapons.html
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A court in Paris ruled on Tuesday that France’s decision to bar Israeli companies from one of the world’s largest weapons shows was discriminatory and ordered the ban to be rescinded.
The government’s decision, which has prompted legal challenges, was made last month after an Israeli strike killed dozens of Palestinians in a tent camp in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
More than 2,000 exhibitors from over 60 countries are at Eurosatory, where military and security officials from around the world rub shoulders with manufacturers showcasing drones, missiles, and other weapons and technologies.
But the Paris Commercial Court, ruling on a suit filed by the France-Israel Chamber of Commerce, said on Tuesday that the ban was illegal and ordered COGES Events to reinstate Israeli companies.
“We’re very happy about the ruling because it sends a message to every country that thinks along those lines, saying boycotts are not the way to go,” said Assaf Roet, the chairman and owner of Draco Group, an Israeli company that was supposed to attend Eurosatory.
Association France Palestine Solidarité, one of the organizations that had filed the suit, welcomed the ruling, saying in a statement that “it is the responsibility of all players, political and economic, to do their utmost to put an end to the ongoing genocide committed by the state of Israel against the Palestinian population.”
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