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6,800 arms exporters working in Israel, state documentsrevealInformation revealed in response to petition requesting Ministry of Defense to discloseidentity of Israeli arms dealers and companies; State says disclosing information may harmnational security and foreign relations.

By Gili Cohen | Jul.15, 2013 | 8:56 AM | 16

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Some 6,784 Israelis deal with arms exports, the state revealed last

Wednesday in response to an administrative petition demanding to expose

the names of individuals and companies listed in the Israeli Defense

Export Controls Agency, as well as the permits issued by the ministry.

The state's response argued that the information could not be revealed

"due to the need to protect the state's security and its foreign relations."

The response states that exposing details of Israeli arms exporters "would

be likely to draw the attention of hostile elements, thus putting their

personal safety and state security at risk."

Nonetheless, the response includes data about the exports of the Israeli

arms industry. As of the end of 2012, there were 6,684 individuals dealing

with security exports in 1,006 companies and 312 independent

businesses. The Israeli Defense Export Controls Agency issued 1,900

marketing permits and 8,716 export permits.

The Tel Aviv District Court will hear an appeal on Monday, submitted by

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attorney Eitay Mack, requesting that, based on the

Freedom of Information Law, the Defense Ministry

publish the names of individuals and companies listed

in the Israeli Defense Export Controls Agency, after

the list is examined with explanations of details

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Attorney Mack argued that "the unique character of

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special responsibility of transparency and openness on

the part of the respondents, which might not exist in

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the ministry and request information concerning

security exports to "specific states or specific permits

for marketing or exports, and then the respondents

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The state's main argument in its rejection of the

petition lays with the need to protect state security, its

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The respondents added that revealing the information

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imminent damage to state security, the safety of the

exporters and Israel's foreign relations, and therefore

the respondents must refrain from presenting the

requested information.

As to revealing the names of the exporters, the state clarified that "this

exposure could put the exporters and their families at risk, and they may

be the target of terror attacks, including kidnapping this information is

connected directly to sensitive issues of state security (technology and

arms systems) and its relations with other countries." The state added that

its response was written based on the opinion of relevant authorized

security officials.

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6800 dealing companies are not 6800employees.

By LeS 15 Jul 2013 04:03PM

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aircraft carriers


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And it says total almost 7000 people, not10K people, inconsiderat

By Bob Greenberg 15 Jul 2013 08:38PM

01 All of them working like the dickens, no doubt. "Tomake the world a better place" no doubt.By Ivar 15 Jul 2013 09:54AM

Your brothers didn't use Israeli weapons inDarfur,Ivar.

By Daniel 15 Jul 2013 03:14PM

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