Judge rules the petition lacked evidence
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Monday rejected a petition to ban arms sales to Azerbaijan as lacking evidence to justify a hearing on whether they have been used for war crimes against Armenia, the Jerusalem Post reported.
The petition to ban arms sales to Baku was filed by Elie Joseph, an Israeli activist who has been on a hunger strike over this matter.
As evidence, Joseph presented news reports that 60 percent of Azerbaijan’s arms come from Israel and evidence of a potential air lift of weapons to Azerbaijan days before its current conflict with Armenia erupted. He also presented news accounts and a report by Amnesty International with evidence that Azerbaijan is using Israeli drones to kill Armenians,
reported JPost.
Almost none of what Joseph presented proves that Israeli weapons have been used against Armenians for war crimes, the presiding Justice Yosef Elron said. At most, it proves that Israeli weapons have been sold to Azerbaijan, which might mean being held in storage or in reserve for defensive purposes only, he said. The ruling does not preclude a later petition presenting more comprehensive evidence, said JPost.
The newspaper cited a past instance where the country’s High Court rejected a similar petition calling for the halt of Israeli arms sales to Malaysia. In that case, however, the court held “a spirited hearing. In that case, the court placed its decision under gag order. “It presumably recognized that Israel was selling or had sold arms to Malaysia that likely were being used for alleged war crimes. But it rejected the petition either because Israel wanted to cease selling arms quietly or because of classified alleged national security interests,” said JPost.
Itay Mack, a human rights lawyer, told JPost that he, too, was calling on Israel to stop arms sales to Azerbaijan as a moral matter, adding that he appealed directly to the government to cease any sales to Azerbaijan based on more general evidence from Azerbaijani officials.
Over the years, Baku has boasted about its military alliance with Israel announcing, during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his country would acquire $5 billion worth of weapons from Israel, and posing in front of Israeli weapons when they arrived in Baku.
In July, when Azerbaijan brazenly attacked civilian and military targets in Armenia’s Tavush Province, Armenia’s Defense Ministry displayed several Israel-made drones that were downed by Armenia’s Armed Forces. In the current military conflict, evidence of Artsakh forces downing Israeli drones has been captured by the troops on the ground and publicized by both Armenian and Artsakh government sources.
Before Azerbaijan’s attacks on Artsakh started on September 27, leaked documents revealed that the country’s state run Israel Aerospace Industries had funneled $155 million, through shell companies, to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his clan as part of the widely-publicized Azerbaijani Laundromat scheme.
SHAME ON YOU ISRAEL BAN ISRAELI PRODUCTS IMMEDIATELY.
ISRAEL IS COMMITTING HOLOCAUST AGAINST ARMENIANS. HI COURT MEMBERS SHOULD OPEN THE TV AND WATCH THE VIDEO CLIPS ABOUT THE KAMAKAZI DRONS.
THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS GRANDCHILDREN ARE SELLING DRONS AND BOMBS TO KILL ARMENIAN SOLDIERS AND INNOCENT PEOPLE.
SHAME ON YOU ISRAEL, SHAME ON YOU GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL AND SHAME ON YOU NETANYAHU.
GARY
PROTEST, PROTEST IN FRONT OF ISRAEL CONSULATE NATIONWIDE.
SHAME ON YOU ISRAEL BAN ISRAELI PRODUCTS IMMEDIATELY.
ISRAEL IS COMMITTING HOLOCAUST AGAINST ARMENIANS. HI COURT MEMBERS SHOULD OPEN THE TV AND WATCH THE VIDEO CLIPS ABOUT THE KAMAKAZI DRONS.
THE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS GRANDCHILDREN ARE SELLING DRONS AND BOMBS TO KILL ARMENIAN SOLDIERS AND INNOCENT PEOPLE.
SHAME ON YOU ISRAEL, SHAME ON YOU GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL AND SHAME ON YOU NETANYAHU.
GARY
I want to ask Netanyahu. A year ago you were calling Arab, palastenians (Animals)) ,you are Animal , (Monster)) too!!!
It is now for Israel to realise that it is shooting itself in the foot by helping Azerbaijan, which is becoming more and more of a Turkish Client State. Israel should, therefore, remodel its Caucasus strategy and befriend Armenia as against Azerbaijan. I hope you people understand dat Erdogan things Jerusalem is his!!!
This situation is good for Israel, while the media concentrates on Artzakh people forget the Palestians.
Israel- u do not need new enemies and yet u ask for it- we know u need azeri lands to spy and enter iran who helps Armenia like Russia and few others- stop it so u do not hurt ur soldiers and people- the result and end of such sales will devastate ur small country despite ur strength and our USA support to u- it will break, shatter and be inevitable- our same bombs and materials to ur adjacent enemies have fallen uipon u and will only grow worse with n o support to stop it- we are giving u a chance to change despite ur quest to make money and support such ottomanistic aggression- they hate Jews as u should know- money may talk but will never protect u or ur borders
Israel is a zionist racist war criminal state created on stolen Palestinian Lands. Israel will never recognize the Armenian Genocide. Pashinyan made a great mistake by opening an Embassy in Israel. What did Pashinyan expect? Zionist Israel will never support Armenia. During the Ottoman Empire they supported the barbaric killings of Armenians.
SHAME ON ISRAEL THEY ARE HELPING THE TURKS WITH SOFISTICATED WEAPONS AND ILLEGAL CLUSTER BOMBS TO COMMIT GEONCIDE AGAINST ARMENIANS