Israel furious as France shuts weapons stands at Paris Airshow

Reuters ^ | 06/16/2025 | Paul Sandle, Giulia Segreti, Steven Scheer and Tim Hepher

[ChicagoConservative27]

PARIS/JERUSALEM, June 16 (Reuters) - France shut down the main Israeli company stands at the Paris Airshow on Monday for refusing to remove attack weapons from display, sparking a furious response from Israel and inflaming tensions between the traditional allies. Stands including those of Elbit Systems (ESLT.TA), opens new tab, Rafael, IAI and Uvision were blocked off with black partitions before the start of the world's biggest aviation trade fair. Smaller Israeli stands, which didn't have hardware on display, and an Israeli Ministry of Defence stand, remained open.

France, a long-time Israeli ally, has gradually hardened its position on the government of Benjamin Netanyahu over its actions in Gaza and military interventions abroad. French President Emmanuel Macron made a distinction last week between Israel’s right to protect itself, which France supports and could take part in, and strikes on Iran it did not recommend. The office of French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said it had told all exhibitors ahead of the show that offensive weapons would be prohibited from display and that Israel's embassy in Paris had agreed to this. It added that the companies could resume their exhibits if they complied with this requirement.

[ChicagoConservative27]

What a crock of ^&^&

[MeanWestTexan]

Looks like the move was economic, not political.

Done to keep Israeli tech companies from sucking up all the air in the room with its demonstratively superior equipment.

[Waverunner]

first thought...”Cheese eating surrender monkey”

[House Atreides]

Yep… eliminate the competition.

[ChicagoConservative27]

Interesting

[Red Badger]

Apparently the French didn’t like the competition............

[CodeToad]

Stupid frogs.

[z3n]

When a government bases policy of fear of the reaction of certain segments of its population, but refuses to call it terrorism (also out of fear), then it is on an unstopable downward slide, whether it recognizes it or not.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

The only difference between an offensive weapon and a defensive weapon is the way it’s used.

[Lurker]

So bomb Paris. They’ll surrender before dinner time.

L

[Nervous Tick]

>> What a crock of ^&^&

Yeah, but really, what kind of behavior do you expect from West Iran?

[Jim W N]

When push comes to shove, I don’t think France will come down on the side of Israel.

[laplata]

So bomb Paris. They’ll surrender before dinner time.

L

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They wouldn’t do that because they’d kill too many Muslims.

[MtnClimber]

France has been conquered by the jihad. They are dead, but don’t know it yet.

[mass55th]

Did Macron’s mommy threaten to slap him again if he didn’t do it?

[logi_cal869]

I wonder if this reinforces the belief that Iranian logistical contracts have gone to french corporations...

[adorno]

Done to keep Israeli tech companies from sucking up all the air in the room with its demonstratively superior equipment.

Anyone looking for the best or superior weapons, will know how to find them. No weapons shows necessary. Plus the 'vendors' will know who is seeking them, outside of the shows.

[Segovia]

Of course! They don’t want their new masters to get upset and start burning things again.

[rktman]

Euro weenies never liked the Jews.

[Rummyfan]

The Israelis know they can’t rely on the French. That goes back to the Dreyfus case.