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	Israel and weapons of mass destruction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Israel is one of three sovereign nation-states that possess nuclear weapons not to sign or ratify the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the other two being India and Pakistan.
		Israel insisted the material was non-toxic, was to have been used to test filters that protect against chemical weapons, and that it had been clearly listed on the cargo manifest in accordance with international regulations.
		Israel is not a signatory to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israel_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction (1008 words)

	Israel Security Fence - Ministry of Defense
		Israel recognizes that the fence impacts on the residents of the area, both those who have had property seized for the purpose of the construction of the fence, and those who live and work in its proximity.
		The challenge facing Israel is to find the appropriate balance between the obligation to protect the lives of the citizens and residents of Israel from terror, and the obligation to limit, as much as is possible, the negative effect upon Palestinian residents as a result of the construction of the fence.
		Israel is concerned with the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian population and under most difficult circumstances is making every effort to alleviate the effect of the fence on their way of life.
	www.securityfence.mod.gov.il /Pages/ENG/news.htm (5288 words)

	Missile Defense - Israel's Arrow Missile Defense: Not Ready for Prime Time - Center for Defense Information
		Israel does have an earlier version of the PAC-3, known as the PAC-2, but it is significantly less capable and evolved than the PAC-3 and is mostly geared toward an air defense mission.
		Israel is doing its citizens a great disservice by depending so heavily on a system (like the Arrow) that has not been tested in realistic circumstances against actual Scuds.
		If Israel's new blustery posture of reprisal is based on an unwarranted faith in its ability to repel all missile attacks, then it also must be ready for the possibility that some warheads or chemical/biological agents may get through.
	www.cdi.org /missile-defense/arrow.cfm (1248 words)

	DEFENSE MINISTRY TO DEVELOP PILOTLESS ANTI-MISSILE PLANE
		The Ministry of Defense has decided to move ahead with plans to develop a missile-bearing pilotless plane capable of flying at 50,000 feet and attacking long-range missiles upon their launch, rather than during their re-entry as with the Arrow anti-missile missile, HA'ARETZ reported.
		Israel is raising the concept of the defensive craft now because of developments in research for the project and because of increasing awareness in Washington's political establishment of the dangers posed by the Iranian long-range missile project.
		A delegation from the Defense Ministry is scheduled to depart for Washington this evening, where it is expected to engage in preliminary discussions with Pentagon counterparts on the year 2000 Defense Ministry budget.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/israel/981105-il.htm (180 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Israel: Nuclear Facilities
		As noted, Israel's policy of nuclear opacityâ”which is enforced by the Israeli government's Office of the Military Censorâ”disallows factual reporting on the country's nuclear infrastructure, facilities, as well as the organizational structure that runs them.
		The budget for the operation of Machon 4 came directly from the Ministry of Defense, and was the ministry's largest expenditure.
		But in 1965-66, as Peres resigned from the Ministry of Defense because of a political split within the governing party and as the Dimona infrastructure was completed, it became evident that Peres' modus operandi of managing the nuclear project via "divide and rule" was no longer appropriate for the project.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Israel/Nuclear/3583_3584.html (1197 words)

	JURIST - Israel: Israeli law, legal research, human rights
		Israel is divided into six districts, administration of which is coordinated by the Ministry of Interior.
		The Ministry of Defense is responsible for the administration of the occupied territories.
		Israel concluded peace treaties with Egypt in 1979 and with Jordan in 1994, and a series of agreements with the Palestinians beginning in 1993.
	jurist.law.pitt.edu /world/israel.htm (1585 words)

	Israel's Military Cuts Funds for Satellites
		The late June recommendation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) General Staff impacts Israel’s Ofeq-6 remote sensing satellite, which was planned for launch by 2005; TecSAR, a synthetic aperture radar technical demonstrator planned for completion by 2006; and Milcom-1, a secure, encrypted geostationary communications satellite planned for launch in 2007.
		In interviews here, however, defense and industry officials said severe cuts in the portion of Israel’s defense budget earmarked for indigenous research and development has prompted the wholesale deferral of most space-related initiatives.
		As for the remaining aid, which Israel can convert into shekels for local development and procurement efforts, competition is fierce not only among service branches of the IDF, but between the IDF and departments within Israel’s Defense Ministry, such as the Space Programs Directorate.
	www.space.com /spacenews/archive04/israelarch_082404.html (841 words)

	JINSA Online -- Israel Doubles Lockheed-Martin F-16I Order (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Israel has chosen the F-16 to be the backbone of its fighter fleet for the next 20 years or more.
		The Ministry of Defense has wanted to update its naval forces for some time but that spending, with the exception of the new missile boats, will be pushed back to provide for the funding of the aircraft.
		The Israeli Ministry of Defense asserts that pressure is building because of a simultaneous need to modernize defense forces and missile defense systems as well as to maintain preparedness for a full-scale regional war.
	www.jinsa.org /articles/articles.html/function/view/categoryid/154/documentid/1286/history/3,2360,654,154,1286 (1161 words)

	Israel's Beleaguered Defense Industry
		Israel refused.(25) In July 2000 Israel was forced to scrap the sale of a sophisticated reconnaissance aircraft to China, despite her contractual commitments, following a direct American threat to cut Israel's military aid and downgrade strategic relations with her.
		The Ministry of Defense was unable to prevent this behavior, which led in many cases to a decision to award the contract to a supplier from another country.
		Ministry of Finance, Budget proposal for 2000, Internet Edition; 'A proposal for an official policy in the Defense Industry sector', a statement published by the Director-Generals of the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Finance, 9 May 1993; Interview with David Ivry (the then MoD's director-general and signatory to the document), 7 October 1997.
	meria.idc.ac.il /journal/2001/issue1/jv5n1a5.html (6067 words)

	ipedia.com: Israeli West Bank barrier Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Israel initially announced that it would cooperate with the court, while noting that advisory rulings of the ICJ are not binding.
		Israel later made a written submission to the court rejecting the authority of the court to rule on the case, but announced (on February 12, 2004) that it would not appear at the court to make oral submissions.
		Israel, the USA, Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau voted against the resolution, 10 nations abstained, and 150 nations voted in favor.
	www.ipedia.com /israeli_west_bank_barrier.html (3512 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Israel: Biological Facilities
		This Special Means Bureau at the Ministry of Defense was established in 1992, by then-Minister of Defense Moshe Arens, as a direct lesson of the first Gulf War.
		During that war, as Israel was attacked by some 40 Iraqi Scud missiles, it became evident that too many governmental agencies and organizations had some responsibility for CBW threats, but no one was really in charge of the overall national coordination at the Ministry of Defense.
		During the war it became evident that Israel was not well prepared for an Iraqi CBW attack, there was no adequate chain of responsibility and command at the MOD, and there was no single authority responsible for overall coordination and preparations.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Israel/Biological/3649.html (965 words)

	Ministry of Defense
		The Defense System Comptroller inspects, audits, and advises the defense system, updating the Minister, the Director-General, and the IDF Chief of General Staff on the general condition, capabilities, and preparedness of the Ministry, and the reasonableness and legality of actions taken by the military and civilian defense systems.
		The IDF Soldiers' Complaints Commissioner (ombudsman) is appointed by the Minister of Defense in consultation with the Minister of Justice and with the approval of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
		All public voluntary organizations in Israel are represented on the Association's board, and the operations of its four regions and 74 branch offices are audited by the State Comptroller, the defense-system administrative inspectorate, and internal auditors.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Politics/mod.html (3039 words)

	Israel's Defense Industry as a Key Component of Israel's Qualitative Military Edge - Giora Shalgi
		Israel's defense industry also serves as a "greenhouse" for its growing civilian industry by training industrial leaders to succeed in a very demanding and competitive defense market, and through innovative ideas which are generated from weapon systems.
		Israel has had very painful experiences when relying on other countries because of the political constraints that influence their decisions when it comes to modern defense equipment.
		Since Israel has a relatively young civilian hi-tech industry, the defense industry is the major source that develops industrial leaders who can think big in relation to global markets, and who gain the experience of managing complex projects with a total commitment to quality.
	www.jcpa.org /brief/brief004-20.htm (835 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Defense Ministry official says Israel's West Bank barrier will not follow ...
		JERUSALEM – Israel's contentious West Bank barrier will not follow a 1967 boundary, despite a Supreme Court ruling that the current route violates Palestinian rights and international law, a senior Defense Ministry official said Thursday.
		Nezah Mashiah, head of the barrier project in the Defense Ministry, denied reports that large sections of the barrier would be moved to the "Green Line," the Israel-West Bank boundary until the 1967 Mideast War.
		Israel says the barrier is necessary to prevent Palestinian militants from attacking its citizens.
	signonsandiego.com /news/world/20040729-0217-israel-barrierroute.html (357 words)

	Israeli defense ministry decides on new route for West Bank barrier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Israel's Defense Ministry has mapped out a new route for the separation barrier it is building in the West Bank, complying with a Supreme Court ruling that the original route infringed on Palestinian rights, security officials said Monday.
		Israel faces international pressure to alter the route of the system of fences, walls and barbed wire that eventually will stretch 425 miles.
		Israel annexed the Arab sector after the war, and considers it part of its unified capital.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/26/international0721EDT0479.DTL (437 words)

	Israel Ministry of Defense (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Defense Minister Ben-Eliezer directed that the withdrawal be carried out in conjunction with the transfer of responsibility for security matters to local Palestinian commanders and on condition that quiet be maintained.
		Defense Minister Ben-Eliezer’s decision was made following an assessment of the situation with authorized security officials and with the view of bringing about a reduction of security-based tension on the ground, as was recently done in Hebron, Bethlehem, Kalkilya and Jericho.
		Defense Minister Ben-Eliezer emphasizes that Israel insists that the Palestinian Authority maintain security calm on the ground and fight terrorism by arresting terrorists and preventing terrorist attacks.
	www.israelnewsagency.com /md11.6.html (212 words)

	Defense Ministry official says Israel's West Bank barrier will jut into West Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Israel is rerouting its West Bank barrier to move it closer to the 1967 pre-war boundary, but it will still jut into the occupied territory to encircle major Jewish settlements, a Defense Ministry official said Thursday.
		The disclosure of the fence's new route by Nezah Mashiah, head of the barrier project in the Defense Ministry, was a sign that recent international and domestic challenges would not deter Israel from keeping Jewish settlement blocs on the "Israeli side" of the barrier.
		One of the dead was identified as Amr Abu Suta, a militant leader whom Israel accused of involvement in the 1992 killing of three Israeli soldiers in a Jewish settlement in Gaza.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/29/international0642EDT0486.DTL (716 words)

	Torture in Khiam Prison: Responsibility and Accountability
		The defense ministry's admissions must be incorporated into regional and international efforts to pressure Israel to close Khiam and hold accountable Lebanese and Israelis responsible for systematic acts of torture that have occurred there over the past two decades.
		And the continuing partnership between Israel and the SLA on matters related to this prison implicates Lebanese and Israelis with legal responsibility for criminal actions.
		Israel is obligated under international law to hold accountable and prosecute its own citizens and Lebanese nationals who participated in or condoned acts of torture at Khiam.
	www.hrw.org /editorials/1999/khiam-prison.htm (932 words)

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		TEL AVIV, Israel — After persistent prodding by Israel’s Ministry of Defense, Israel’s top two government-owned aerospace firms have resolved a discreet yet protracted dispute over future development and production of microsatellites for the nation’s military and the worldwide export market.
		Although the Ministry of Defense allowed Rafael early last year to establish its own Space Systems Directorate to explore emerging space-related technologies and opportunities, defense officials subsequently insisted that the firm’s space activities complement, rather than compete with IAI.
		Amos Yaron, director-general of Israel’s Defense Ministry, claimed credit for the IAI-Rafael accord, which he said would boost efficiency in developing and producing future systems for the Israel Defense Forces and ultimately for the global export market.
	www.space.com /spacenews/archive03/competitionarch_060203.html (659 words)

	[FPSPACE] Israel may back off on spysat funding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		-----Original Message----- http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=816375andfid=942 Israel to slash spy satellite funding Ran Dagoni, Washington 20 Jul 04 15:03 >Ministry of Defense and defense industry sources said the funding cut for Ofeq 6 would also affect the next-generation Ofeq 7 satellite, which the Ministry of Defense had hoped to build by 2008.
		Israel Aircraft Industries' Mabat division will develop and build the Ofeq satellites, as well as TecSAR and Milcom-1, provided the necessary funding is assured.
		For the time being Israel's primary threats are largely internal--suicide bombers and Palestinian government instability.
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2004-July/013110.html (386 words)

	Pratt & Whitney - News - Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		EAST HARTFORD Conn., June 1, 2001 - High ranking officials from the Israel Ministry of Defense met with employees of Pratt and Whitney’s East Hartford, Connecticut facility to announce that the company’s F100-PW-229 engine had been selected to power the Israel Air Force’s follow-on buy of fighter aircraft.
		Dalia Rabin-Pelossof, Israel’s Deputy Minister of Defense, and Major General (Res.) Amos Yaron, Director General of Israel Ministry of Defense, spoke to a group of several hundred employees to personally inform them of the award decision, which has an approximate value of $300 million over the life of the program.
		"Since the beginning of the Israel Air Force in 1947 with the famous Wasp engine, Pratt and Whitney has been an integral part of our engine world." Yaron said the official contract would be signed later in the month, and would cover up to 61 engines for delivery in the years 2005-2008.
	www.pratt-whitney.com /pr_060101.asp (347 words)

	Ministry of Defense - Israel Special Weapons
		The minister of defense was a civilian (although usually a retired military officer).
		Within the Ministry of Defense, the senior civilian officer beneath the minister is the director general, who supervises defense production, infrastructure, the budget, and other administrative and technical matters.
		In 2000 the defense budget was cut by approximately 140 million USD, and now accounts for less than 18 percent of the GOI overall budget, the lowest percentage since the establishment of the State of Israel.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/israel/agency/mod.htm (838 words)

	Military < Corporations < Commerce < : news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ministry of Industry and Minerals says it has removed curbs on offering new jobs to the former employees of the now disbanded Military Industrialization...
		Not surprisingly, defense contractor Raytheon Co., which is slated to open its new headquarters in Waltham on Dec. 5, topped the Boston Business Journal's first-ever list of the area's largest defense contractors, with more than $6.9 billion worth of contracts awarded in 2002.
		Defense guidance, first published in November 1990, requires each branch of the military to identify contractors who provide critical services to deployed units and to develop strategies for ensuring that these services continue during emergencies.
	schema-root.org /commerce/corporation/military (2607 words)

	Israel sends bad check to peace activist shot by IDF
		A Defense Ministry check, sent "without any admission of liability by the State of Israel and/or the Ministry of Defense" to the family of a International Solidarity Mission volunteer shot by an Israel Defense Forces soldier, bounced when the family tried to cash it earlier this week.
		The aforementioned sum is paid as an ex gratia payment and without any admission of liability by the State of Israel and/or the Ministry of Defense as to Mr.
		The Defense Ministry said Thursday night that the check had bounced due to technical reasons unrelated to the ministry, but that a military attache in London would immediately rectify the matter.
	www.ccmep.org /2003_articles/Palestine/112103_israel_sends_bad_check_to_peace.htm (633 words)

	JINSA Online -- U.S.-Israel Exercise Links Arrow and Patriot into Multi-Tier Missile Defense System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On January 4, 2003, Israel test-fired four Arrow 2 ballistic missile interceptors from a military base south of Tel Aviv, marking the beginning of the latest round of joint exercises with the United States.
		The Arrow test was the tenth by Israel and the first time the $2 billion system was operated in conjunction with the U.S. Army's Patriot air defense system specifically to prove integration of the Arrow 2 and the upgraded Patriot Advanced Capability system, or PAC-3.
		Israeli officials say the chances that Iraq would fire missiles at Israel are slim, but they expect their two operational Arrow batteries to intercept any missiles - should they be deployed - as well as U.S. cruisers and destroyers equipped with the Aegis radar system, which will be integrated as a third line of defense.
	www.jinsa.org /articles/view.html?documentid=1910 (1040 words)

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