Israel has withdrawn from a major military exhibition in London after British government officials imposed restrictions on its participation, the Defense Ministry in Jerusalem said on Friday.
The restrictions at the DSEI UK 2025 exhibition, scheduled to take place on Sept. 9-12, “amount to a deliberate and regrettable act of discrimination against Israel’s representatives,” a defense ministry statement read. “Accordingly, the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD) will withdraw from the exhibition and will not establish a national pavilion,” it continued.
Israeli industries that are not state-owned and “that choose to participate will, however, receive the Ministry’s full support,” the statement added.
“At a time when Israel is engaged on multiple fronts against Islamist extremists and terro