Overview

• French authorities closed four major Israeli defence industry stands after exhibitors ignored a directive to remove offensive weapons from their booths.
• Exhibitors including Elbit Systems, Rafael, IAI and Uvision had their displays partitioned overnight with black walls to enforce the ban.
• Israel’s defence ministry called the move “outrageous and unprecedented,” accusing France of policy-driven and commercial bias to protect domestic competitors.
• President Isaac Herzog denounced the isolation of Israeli pavilions as discriminatory segregation and demanded immediate reversal.
• The dispute increases France–Israel tensions over the Gaza conflict and Israel’s recent strikes on Iranian targets during the weeklong event.