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Not quite ‘shutting it down’ but at least France are making some positive noises unlike the UK.

The four main Israeli company stands at the Paris airshow have been shut down after exhibitors reportedly refused to remove some weapons from display.

The stands at the aerospace industry event were hidden from view after pressure on the organisers from the French government, a source told the Guardian.

theguardian.com/science/2025/j

The Guardian · Israeli stands at Paris airshow shut down ‘by order of French government’By Julia Kollewe

NATO allies ‘not prepared’ for war, top UK defense adviser warns – POLITICO

In particular Cassy cited sluggish procurement processes holding back the U.K. alongside an ingrained aversion to risk and…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #défense #drones #infrastructure #innovation #investment #keirstarmer #MarkRutte #military #munitions #Procurement #Russia #sanctions #TonyBlair #UnitedKingdom #war #warinukraine #Weapons
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👏🏆 #France #shuts #Israeli #weapons booths at #Paris #AirShow
"Black walls were installed around te stands of 5 Israeli defence firms at #LeBourget.. The booths displayed "offensive weapons" tt cld be used in #Gaza -- in #violation of agreements w Israeli authorities, a #French #government source told AFP.. Local #lawmakers fr Seine-Saint-Denis dept hosting te event were absent during French PM Bayrou's visit to te opening of te air show in #protest over Israeli presence"
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Fine is a fuckwad.

#Florida Republican Rep. Randy Fine said nuking #Gaza would be a ‘terrible idea’, not because of the loss of Palestinian lives, but because nuclear fallout would drift into #Israel and kill the Israelis.

Fine made the statement during a #CNN interview, where the anchor asked him about a previous statement in which he suggested the #US should use nuclear #weapons against the people of Gaza. Fine had said, ‘We nuked the Japanese twice to get unconditional surrender. That needs to be the same here. There is something deeply wrong with this culture and it needs to be defeated.’”

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📢 Acc to a Reuters report today, French authorities ordered the shut down of four Air Show stands in #paris after Israeli companies failed to comply with a directive from a national security agency instructing them to remove offensive and kinetic weapons from display

#france #europe #news
#publicsafety

The decision to shut down the #weapons stand was reportedly carried out overnight after the Israeli exhibits were already installed.

📢 Report: MEMO JUN-16

middleeastmonitor.com/20250616

Middle East Monitor · Paris Air Show blocks Israel weapons exhibits – Middle East Monitor...
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"US intelligence sources said in March this year tt #Iran didn't hv a #nuclear #weapons program tt threatened #Israel.. There isn't, in other words, any self-defence justification for Israel undertaking these attacks. Iran's nuclear installations aren't, according to te best #USintelligence, a threat to it.. this attack must be seen for what it is, which is yet another #diversion by Benjamin #Netanyahu to deflect attention fr his own trials for #corruption, & now from #Gaza" 1/2