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    ISRAEL IMPOSES PARTIAL ARMS EMBARGO ON TURKEY

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    April 19, 2010 - 17:11 AMT 12:11 GMT

    Israel will temporarily freeze sales of advanced military platforms to
    Turkey over concerns about the perceived mounting anti-Israel rhetoric
    from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to UK-based Jane's
    Defense Weekly.

    Israel's defense assistance and export organization, SIBAT, has
    decided to evaluate Turkish requests on a case-by-case basis; one
    case under review is a Turkish request for Israeli-made electronic
    warfare systems. Turkey has also expressed interest in Rafael's Spike
    non-line-of-sight (NLOS) anti-tank guided weapon as well as Israel
    Aerospace Industries' (IAI's) Barak 8 theatre-defense missile system
    for its navy and the Namer heavy infantry fighting vehicle, Today's
    Zaman reported.

    "Ties with Turkey will never be the way they once were," a defense
    source said. "We are being very careful which systems we sell them
    due to the growing Islamic trends in the country."
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