Leonardo declined our invitation to give their side of the story. The Italian government is its largest shareholder and owns 30% of the company. Leonardo is the largest Italian arms producer and it is ranked 12th worldwide. "For years Leonardo told us it wasn’t true, but now there's evidence and there is no doubt that there really is an FA version, a Fighter Aircraft version, basically a fighter-bomber", Francesco explains.Īccording to him, Italy isn't only providing the Israeli Air Force with planes that could be used to train pilots that carry out attacks, but they could also be providing planes actually used for the attacks themselves. They also object to the fact that they can be armed. His group objects to these planes being potentially used to train pilots who could intervene on the West Bank and on the Gaza Strip. ![]() It's a small aircraft used for pilot training.įrancesco tells us that these particular planes are used "in one of the oldest, but also in one of the most continual conflicts: The Israeli-Palestinian war". ![]() We had to stop at what looks like railway crossings, but there were no trains, only planes. Francesco Vignarca, a member of Rete Pace E Disarmo (The Peace and Disarmament Network) euronews
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