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German gun manufacturer vows to stop selling weapons to Israel

Thursday 21-September-2017

Known as Germany’s deadliest weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch will no longer be selling guns to war zones or countries that are corrupt including Israel according to the Hebrew newspaper Maariv.

Founded in 1949 Heckler & Koch a major producer of handguns military rifles and sub-machine guns quietly adopted a new policy to make it difficult to obtain export permits from the German government when dealing with a number of countries around the globe.

Countries in the company’s current ban include: Israel Mexico Brazil India Saudi Arabia Egypt the United Arab Emirates Turkey Malaysia Indonesia or any African country.

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