Manufacturers Association President Avraham Novegrosky sent a strong letter to the foreign and finance ministers urging retaliatory steps against the French government after Israeli defense companies were barred from a defense exhibition in France.
Manufacturers Association President Avraham Novegrosky (also known as Novo) sent a sharply worded letter to Foreign Minister and Finance Minister on Monday, calling for Israeli retaliatory measures against France. The move follows the exclusion of Israeli defense firms from a defense exhibition in France. Novegrosky, whose association represents the vast majority of Israeli industrial manufacturers, urged the ministers to take concrete steps in response to what he described as a discriminatory act. The letter was reported by N12. The episode escalates an ongoing diplomatic friction between Israel and France over defense-industry access, though no official Israeli government response has been announced yet. The Manufacturers Association's previous public interventions on economic issues have mostly focused on domestic industrial policy and currency concerns, as The Zioneer reported on June 9 regarding Novegrosky's warnings about shekel strength and factory closures.
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