{"id":1416,"date":"2026-04-01T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/1416\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:06:30","slug":"israel-stops-all-defense-deals-with-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/1416\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel stops all defense deals with France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel\u2019s Defense Ministry has halted all defense procurement from France due to what it views as Paris\u2019s hostile stance toward Jerusalem in the aftermath of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/06\/us-news\/nyc-first-lady-rama-duwaji-liked-social-media-post-supporting-palestinian-resistance-after-oct-7-attack-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre<\/a>, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/28\/world-news\/idf-gets-first-combat-ready-laser-interception-system\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli Defense Ministry Director-General Amir Baram<\/a> decided to end all contracts with France and instead rely on Israeli-made equipment and purchases from friendly countries, according to Israel\u2019s\u00a0Channel 12 News.<\/p>\n<p>The move follows\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-news\/france-walls-off-israeli-pavilion-at-paris-air-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">French restrictions<\/a>\u00a0on Israeli participation in defense exhibitions and its support for a UN resolution calling for an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/israel-news\/arms-embargo-on-israel-is-for-its-security-says-french-foreign-minister\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">arms embargo<\/a>\u00a0on Israel.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5875969;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38948675\" width=\"937\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iai-eurosatory-international-land-airland-124773246.jpg\" alt=\"A model of a grey drone and missile with a display showing a missile in the background, with the IAI logo overhead at an exhibition booth.\" class=\"wp-image-38948675\"  \/>Visitors stand on the booth of the Israeli defense technology company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) at the Eurosatory international land and air defense and security trade fair, in Villepinte, Paris, on June 13, 2022. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38948671\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/400-people-according-israeli-officials-124773555.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (left) in front of an Israeli flag.\" class=\"wp-image-38948671\"  \/>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron (L) after their joint press conference in Jerusalem on Oct. 24, 2023. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/12\/world-news\/israel-launches-preemptive-air-strikes-on-iran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 12-day war with Iran<\/a>, Israel accused the French government of blocking parts of the Israeli pavilion at the Paris Air Show, breaking understandings reached on Israel\u2019s participation and the principles of equality. <\/p>\n<p>Baram at the time called the move \u201cabsolutely, bluntly antisemitic\u201d and accused France of \u201ccommercial exclusion to prevent successful Israeli industries from competing with French ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In a statement then, the Defense Ministry said the French government\u2019s action \u201ccomes at a time when Israel is fighting a necessary and just war to eliminate the nuclear and ballistic threat facing the Middle East, Europe and the entire world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, a Paris court struck down restrictions on Israeli companies requested by the French Defense Ministry regarding the Eurosatory 2024 defense show, ruling they violated the principles of equality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Defense Ministry has halted all defense procurement from France due to what it views as Paris\u2019s hostile&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1387,735,5,1388,63,1389,1390,1373,30,90],"class_list":{"0":"post-1416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-deals","9":"tag-defense","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-hamas","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-israel-defense-forces","14":"tag-israel-hamas-war","15":"tag-jerusalem","16":"tag-paris","17":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}