Israel Charges Drone Maker With Export Violations

Israel’s Justice Ministry charged Israeli drone maker Aeronautics and three senior employees with violating the country’s defense export control laws, according to a Dec. 30 report from Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper. An Israeli court placed a gag order on all details relating to the case, “presumably because the buyer is a country with whom Israel has sensitive relations or that exposure of details could harm Israeli drone sales,” The Jerusalem Post said in a Dec. 29 report. Haaretz said Aeronautics has been under investigation for several years for violating export laws.