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UK equipment being used in Israeli attacks
Richard Norton-Taylor
Guardian
Wednesday May 29, 2002
Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, is demanding an explanation from Israel about the
use of British equipment in Israeli tanks and attack helicopters, the two main
weapons used against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, the Guardian has
learned.
Evidence that parts of the systems are made by British companies contradicts Israeli
assurances that British arms would not be used in the territories.
Israeli Merkava tanks have been equipped with cooling systems made by the
Airtechnology Group, the Surrey-based company confirmed yesterday. It said the
equipment had not been supplied to Israel since 1996.
British equipment, including missile trigger systems, are also used in American
Apache helicopters supplied to Israel.
They are made by Smiths Group, whose US subsidiaries supply a number of key
parts for the helicopters, which have been repeatedly used in attacks on Palestinian
areas.
In April, the government asked Israel to explain how the chassis from British
Centurion tanks, exported between 1958 and 1970, came to be used in armoured
personnel carriers in the Occupied Territories.
The Foreign Office said the modification contradicted a written pledge from Israel in
November 2000 that "no UK-originated equipment ... are used as part of the defence
force's activities in the territories".
Jack Straw revealed then that Israel had refused to give a pledge that the armoured
cars would no longer be used in operations against Palestinians.
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