Small firms hit hardest by Israel's Eurosatory ban

• Published date: 06 June 2024
• Author: Dean Shmuel Elmas
• Publication title: Globes (Rishon LeZion, Israel)

Like the arms embargo that has continued to spread since the start of the war last October, the developments in the field of exhibitions is worrying. In March, the anti-Israeli government in Chile led by President Gabriel Boric excluded Israel from the prominent FIDAE air show in Latin America, which was held in April

The political echelon did not identify the start of a process, and thus Israel has found itself pushed out of a much more important exhibition in Paris, in which 74 Israeli companies had been to take part.

Now the world media will feature images of deserted pavilions in Paris, since in this type of exhibition places are reserved a year in advance. Those probably rubbing their hands with glee at Israel's exclusion, ordered by President Emmanuel Macron, are the senior executives of the French defense giants like Thales, Dassault Aviation, Naval Group and Safran, the rivals of Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, who will appear on a significant stage that the Israeli companies are being denied.

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