Organizers Shut Four Main Israeli Company Stands at Paris Airshow, Israel Says
A source familiar with the matter said the instruction came from French authorities after Israeli firms failed to comply with a direction from a French security agency to remove offensive or kinetic weapons from the stands.
A spokesperson for Gifas, the show's organizer, said some stands were closed, but declined to comment further.
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