Three groups blasted the British government for selling weapons components to Israel. Amnesty International, Oxfam and the arms-control charity IANSA said Britain should tighten export controls to forbid the sale of parts to “known human-rights abusers,” lumping Israel together with such nations as Zimbabwe, Colombia and Indonesia. Israel complained vigorously to London last year over what it called an unofficial arms embargo that threatened to ground part of its air force.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
