Australia’s $20m ‘iron fist’ deal with Israel’s largest arms company signed two weeks before UN genocide finding

Exclusive: Experts criticise federal government’s ‘iron fist’ contract with Elbit Systems as ‘troubling acceptance’ of Israel’s conduct in GazaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s $20m purchase of missiles from an Israeli arms company for its “iron fist” weapons system on infantry vehicles has been condemned as “morally questionable” and reflective of a “troubling acceptance” of Israel’s conduct in Gaza.The Australian defence department signed a contract with Israel’s largest weapons company, Elbit Systems, on 1 September, two weeks before a UN commission of inquiry found Israel was committing genocide in Gaza. Details of the contract were not published on the Australian government’s contract database until last week. Continue reading...

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