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Last update - 00:00 30/05/2008 Defense official: Israeli exports over last two years worth $10B By The Associated Press Tags: defense exports, israel Private and state-owned Israeli defense manufacturers have signed overseas sales contracts worth around $10 billion over the past two years, a senior defense official said Thursday. Yossi Ben-Hannan, chief of export sales at the Defense Ministry, told The Associated Press that the biggest clients were the United States and India, accounting between them for about $3 billion in deals signed over the past year. He did not give a breakdown. Advertisement Israel said last year that with $4.3 billion in sales in 2007 it had became the world's fourth largest defense exporter, behind the United States, Russia and France and ahead of Britain. Ben-Hannan said the trade gives a valuable boost to Israel's economy. Every billion dollars in new contracts creates another 20,000 jobs, he said. Israel exports mostly radar systems, drones and anti-tank missiles to India, Turkey, Britain, the United States and other countries. Related articles: Enthusiasm to sell arms leads to dubious deals Sri Lankan officials in Israel for $20 million arms deal Report: Israel nixes major arms deal with former Soviet state Following a Haaretz expose, Nigeria may cancel arms deal with Israeli firm Bookmark to del.icio.us   Building Google How an Israeli hi-tech guru inspired Google's 'magic formula'. La femme Tzipi Colleagues regale the Sunday Times with stories of Livni's days on a Mossad hit team.   1.   live by the sword, die by the sword 23:12  |  Wendy 29/05/08   2.   Rebate to American taxpayers 23:57  |  Avrum 29/05/08   3.   Good for Israel, going head to head with the best 23:57  |  Genuine Tosefta 29/05/08   4.   weapons to kill, shame on you 00:02  |  kaled 30/05/08   5.   Other Israeli exports 00:06  |  Genuine Tosefta 30/05/08   6.   Why does Israel want so much American money? 00:11  |  Silvienne 30/05/08   7.   Mostly to the Chinese 01:20  |  Rachel Stevens 30/05/08   8.   Now we know why the British are mad at us 01:56  |  Gee 30/05/08   9.   RACHEL Stevens please provide evidence for that statement!! 03:35  |  PETER SM 30/05/08   10.   The headline says 03:40  |  Axel 30/05/08   11.   SYLVIENNE the vast majority of US military aid is spent in the US 03:45  |  PETER SM 30/05/08   12.   A simple answer for Simple Silvienne, (the Parrot) 04:06  |  Murray the Mongoose 30/05/08   13.   Gun peddlers & Occupiers welcome you to Israel... 04:51  |  POP 30/05/08   14.   Ironic 04:57  |  Mike 30/05/08   15.   # 4 how foolish naive you are weapons to save lives you fool 06:31  |  ralph 30/05/08   16.   the thieves and occupiers are the arabs read arab history 06:32  |  ralph 30/05/08   17.   Israeli exports over last two years worth $10B 06:51  |  Che Vive 30/05/08   18.   #1 wendy - a FOOL and her COMMON SENSE are soon PARTED 06:57  |  CK Tan 30/05/08   19.   For Genuine Tosefta 07:41  |  CK Tan 30/05/08   20.   #17 che v - what a DUMB question! (3x) 12:34  |  CK Tan 30/05/08   21.   #12, Moronic Murray of Montreal... 16:44  |  Silvienne 30/05/08   22.   #11, PeterSM "my Pal friends"??? 16:46  |  Silvienne 30/05/08   23.   # 6 From a Moron/Salvine what else? A Moronic question..... 18:33  |  misha 30/05/08   24.   # 21 Salvine/Moron have a little shame idiot and get lost.... 18:35  |  misha 30/05/08   25.   # 22 The philistines Moron/Salvine are as idiotic as you old B... 18:37  |  misha 30/05/08   26.   CK Tan (posted elswhere too) 19:01  |  Genuine Tosefta 30/05/08   27.   #1 Wendy 04:54  |  Boris 31/05/08   28.   #4 Kaled 04:58  |  Boris 31/05/08   29.   #6 Silvienne 05:01  |  Boris 31/05/08   30.   #13 Pop 05:06  |  Johnson 31/05/08   31.   #17 Che vive 05:09  |  Bruce Lee 31/05/08   32.   Arabs have forced Israel to be resourceful&inventive. Kol Hakavod 14:42  |  Alan SA 31/05/08   33.   exports 16:14  |  Bruce 31/05/08   34.   It`s good to know Israel is making money due to US Taxpayers 03:31  |  Saul 01/06/08   35.   The Truth of the Israeli Military Machine 03:46  |  Haim 01/06/08   36.   I am glad 04:40  |  Chaos 01/06/08   37.   Well, it`s nice to hear that we can kick some serious ass 04:43  |  Chaos 01/06/08   38.   Simple Silvienne; Don`t waste your time 04:55  |  Murray the Mongoose 01/06/08   39.   the "logic" of petersm 01:10  |  Axel 02/06/08   40.   US Aid to Israel 04:58  |  Sam 02/06/08

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