A French court has banned all Israeli arms companies, their affiliates and all Israeli delegations from participating in the #Eurosatory weapons trade show.
‘Killer robots’ from US Darley Defense, left, and Israel’s General Robotics, right, at the Eurosatory trade show in 2022 [Emmanuel Dunand/AFP]
A group of 30 organisations that successfully brought a case arguing Israeli companies should be banned from participating in the #Eurosatory weapons trade show said there remained a “high risk that the exhibition would contribute to international crimes, and violations of international humanitarian law”.
I'm in a bar, entirely uninterested in the sportsball on TV, until I find that one of the teams has just recently agreed a sponsorship deal with a weapons manufacturer, Rheinmetall. I'm suddenly enthusiastically supporting their opponents.