| Moved to P. 3: Non-WoT. While military sales and non-military aid do buy friendships -- Nicaragua and Rwanda are now happy to be friends of Israel -- no active mayhem between Israelis and bad guys is involved. |
SIBAT director Brig.-Gen (res.) Michel Ben-Baruch said the majority of the new contracts comes from increased defense budgets in European and North American countries, due to the increased focus on terrorism following dozens of attacks on the two continents by "lone wolves" and Islamic State supporters.
"The increase in the volume of new contracts signed expresses a global trend of pulling out of the recession, especially in Europe and North America, and increased defense budgets in the face of growing security challenges," read a statement by SIBAT.
These dozens of significant contracts allowed "the continued trend of strengthening Israel’s place in the global defense market," it continued.
Used to be, they all wanted Jewish doctors