Myanmar

Genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity

Armored vehicles, naval vessels

Cameroon

Gross human rights violations, kidnappings, torture, murder

Military training of elite unite, armored vehicles

Sri Lanka

Civil war, 100,000 killed

Drones, attack craft

Phillippines

Mass killings without due process

Export of Galil, Tavor and Negev rifles, Spike missiles

Azerbaijan

Serious violations of human rights, targeting of opposition and LGBT community

Attack craft, attack drones, “Sufa” APVs, Radar, anti-tank missiles

South Sudan

Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity

Surveillance technologies, Galil and Galilon rifles

United Arab Emirates

Imprisonment of government critics and human rights activists

Spyware, including “Pegasus”

Mexico

Severe human rights crisis, “disappearing” of citizens

Export of cyber surveillance

Israel is one of the world’s top 10 weapons exporters

Where are Israeli weapons sold?

Israel is one of the world’s top 10 weapons exporters

Where are Israeli weapons sold?

Mexico

Severe human rights crisis, “disappearing” of citizens

Export of cyber surveillance

South Sudan

Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity

Surveillance technologies, Galil and Galilon rifles

United Arab Emirates

Imprisonment of government critics and human rights activists

Spyware, including “Pegasus”

Cameroon

Gross human rights violations, kidnappings, torture, murder

Military training of elite unite, armored vehicles

Azerbaijan

Serious violations of human rights, targeting of opposition and LGBT community

Attack craft, attack drones, “Sufa” APVs, Radar, anti-tank missiles

Sri Lanka

Civil war, 100,000 killed

Drones, attack craft

Myanmar

Genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity

Armored vehicles, naval vessels

Israel sells weapons to 130

countries all over the world

Israel sells weapons to 130

countries all over the world

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There is ample proof of Israeli weapons

sales to countries that commit ethnic

cleansing and crimes against humanity

There is ample proof of Israeli weapons

sales to countries that commit ethnic

cleansing and crimes against humanity

Israel is the biggest exporter of

weapons in the world per capital

Israel is the biggest exporter of

weapons in the world per capital

Yanshoof

Yanshoof is the only organization in Israel dedicated to promoting legal action to end Israeli weapons sales to murderous regimes

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“We believe that Israel needs to be a source of good and blessing for the world, and that a moral policy, like that which already exists in many other countries, will only serve to strengthen Israel”

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Organizational Commitment

Organizational Commitment: A Call for Transparent, Ethical Oversight of Defense Exports

We, the undersigned organizations, call on Israel to enact robust, transparent legislation to establish moral red lines on weapons exports, to end the Israel’s government’s approval of weapons export to governments engaged in the gross violation of human rights.

Background

The state of Israel, founded on the vision of freedom, justice and peace found in the Hebrew prophets, finds itself today as one of the top ten weapons exporters in the world. Although government oversight on this industry exists, there is no legal limit set on weapons sales to countries engaged in gross human rights violations, in contrast to the United States and the European Union, where such laws do exist. Additionally, in Israel, as opposed to other democracies, there is no transparency regarding the identity of the clients of the weapons industry. Despite this lack of transparency, we know for a fact that Israeli weapons are sold to many countries that systematically violate human rights, including countries that have committed ethnic cleansing and genocide.

Fundamental Principles

Therefore, we see an urgent need for an amendment to the security export law that creates a moral red line as a first condition for receiving an export license, as well as an effective and transparent mechanism for enforcing the law.

A. A moral red line

Every request to export Israeli weapons needs to receive the approval of DECA, the Defence Exports Control Agency, Defence Ministry’s unit for oversight on weapons exports, in order to ensure that the transaction does not negatively affect Israel’s security and diplomatic interests. Prior to this stage, there must be an evaluation of the potential client in order to ensure that it is not likely that Israeli weapons will be used to violate human rights. Failing this test must mean that a license is not issued, even if there may be economic, security or diplomatic interests that advocate for the sale to take place.

B. Effective Oversight

The moral criteria for receiving an export license should be established and applied by an independent committee that includes representatives from outside the military and the government, such as academics and experts in human rights.

C. Transparency

Whenever there is a question regarding Israeli weapons in the hands of brutal regimes, the claim is that revealing any information will negatively effect Israel’s security and diplomatic interests. Israel must allow for a level of transparency similar to other democratic nations, who report on their weapons exports, and particularly, on embargoes that they establish, in a transparent manner.