http://www.janes.com/defence/news/jdw/jdw060306_1_n.shtml
Israel admits resuming defence exports to China By Alon Ben-David JDW Correspondent Tel Aviv The Director General of Israel's Ministry of Defence (MoD), Jacob Toren, announced on 1 March that "Israeli companies have resumed defence exports to China". Toren would not elaborate on the nature of the new contracts, which have been at the heart of a long crisis between Israel and the US. Toren took office in September 2005 after his predecessor Amos Yaron was forced to resign under pressure from the US Department of Defense (DoD), which accused Yaron of misleading it on the nature of Israeli defence exports to China. The crisis was resolved in August 2005 when Israel signed a statement of understanding with the US, pledging to restructure its agencies regulating defence exports and to consult the US on any sale that might compromise US interests. It is unclear whether Toren's remarks were meant to demonstrate Israeli independence or reflect a genuine resumption of defence ties with China. However, he did say: "Companies will come and see us [at the MoD] and we will judge on a case by case basis with or without consultation with the US. We are two independent countries which respect each other's relative interests." 190 of 528 words [End of non-subscriber extract.] The full version of this article is accessible through our subscription services. Please refer to the box below for details. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
