[WRI] - From May 12th to 14th, Brussels Expo hosted the ITEC exhibition (International Training and Education Conference) the annual top event for companies in the military training and simulation business. On the first day of the event, Vredesactie activists went in undercover and revealed controversial links. On May 13th, a delegation of politicians visited ITEC to make clear that an event like this is not welcome. Booming business
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[Globes] - IBM, HP, and Dell are among the bidders. Sources inform ''Globes'' that the IDF has published its first virtualization tender, worth $15 million. The IDF is due to pick an Israeli company to install systems made by VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) at IDF units. VMware Israel Ltd. declined to comment on the report.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has again accepted funding from the Israeli Embassy, while people in Gaza are still living in the rubble of their homes, and Gaza victims of Israel’s white phosphorous attacks are still in critical care. In 2006, a public outcry forced the EIFF to return Israel’s tainted money. On that occasion the EIFF stated publicly that its action was due to popular outrage at the massacres Israel had recently committed in Lebanon:
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) has again accepted funding from the Israeli Embassy, while people in Gaza are still living in the rubble of their homes, and Gaza victims of Israel’s white phosphorous attacks are still in critical care. In 2006, a public outcry forced the EIFF to return Israel’s tainted money. On that occasion the EIFF stated publicly that its action was due to popular outrage at the massacres Israel had recently committed in Lebanon:
Open Letter to International Television Executives and Producers Occupied Ramallah, 13 May 2009
Hebron / PNN – The southern West Bank city of Hebron and its entire governorate is being targeted with the ferocity currently directed at East Jerusalem. A few hundred ultra-extremist settlers are rapidly overtaking more Palestinian land, a process that has been slowly underway for years.
Stop the Wall - Merchants of war visiting Brazil for the Latin American Aerospace and Defense (LAAD) Trade Show were met with a noisy protest made up of social movements, unions, student organizations, left parties and other popular organizations. The LAAD Fair showcased some of the biggest global names in war profiteering from across the world, including Elbit Systems, Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI), Rafael Advance Defense Systems, and Israel Military Industries (IMI).
*New York, NY, May 9 *– On the day before Mother’s Day, 40 New York human rights advocates gathered at the Leviev jewelry store on Madison Avenue and called on throngs of weekend Madison Avenue shoppers to boycott Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land in West Bank villages including Bil’in and Jayyous.
Defense Industry Daily - Launched between 1988-1995, and commissioned between 1992-1996, Canada’s 12 City Class (now Halifax Class) frigates currently form the high end of its naval capabilities. The Canadian Navy has declined drastically from its post-WWII status as the world’s 4th largest navy, and the Halifax Class itself is finding that its open-ocean design is not suited to cope with modern littoral threats and improving anti-ship missiles.
[Globes] - Defense electronics company Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE:ESLT) wholly-owned subsidiary Elbit Systems of America, LLC, has been selected as part of a team led by Rockwell Collins Inc. (NYSE: COL) for the system integration and prototype phase of the ground soldier ensemble program for the US Army.
[Globes] - The contract is to for electronic warfare equipment for the Canadian Navy's frigate upgrade program. Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) (TASE: ARSP.B1) joint unit Elisra Group has won a $55 million contract from Lockheed Martin Canada Ltd. to supply the Canadian Navy with electronic warfare equipment for its Halifax-class frigate modernization program.
[Globes] - Deliveries of the $10.9 million order will be made this year.
Rabintex Industries Ltd. (TASE: RABN) US subsidiary Burtek Inc. has signed a $10.9 million follow-on contract with Lockheed Martin Co (NYSE: LMT) for the delivery of antenna transport and position systems and command and control carriages for radar systems. Deliveries will be made by the end of this year.
Rabintex's share rose 0.6% by mid-afternoon to NIS 4.22.