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Original Post Date: 2001-08-25 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 8/25/2001 8:38:51 PM
Israeli Firm wants to help Mugabe
Ben Lynfield
In Jerusalem
AN ISRAELI firm is negotiating to sell riot-control equipment to
Zimbabwe in a move that has raised criticism in the Jewish state on
the grounds that it aligns Israel with despotism and harms its image.
However, the Beit Alfa Trailer Company insists its intention is
humane, saying the sales could lead to demonstrators being faced with
water cannon rather than live ammunition.
The deal began to emerge yesterday when Alon Liel, a former director
general of the foreign ministry and a former ambassador to Harare, wrote
a
piece in the Ha’aretz newspaper in which he expressed revulsion that
equipment produced on a kibbutz, Beit Alfa, would be used “to pursue the
courageous proponents of democracy or the farmers trying to continue
working their land”.
The Beit Alfa firm prides itself on producing non-lethal products,
but much of its equipment would be extremely dangerous in the wrong
hands.
Products include an armoured vehicle with gun ports that is basically an
armoured personnel carrier in all but name. The firm has also pioneered
technology involving injecting chemicals into the water supply.
Reuven Canfi, general manager of the firm, said the transaction would
concern only riot-control vehicles, not the armoured type. The Zimbabwean
newspaper, Financial Gazette reported recently that Zimbabwe was seeking
at least 30 such vehicles as part of a $10 million deal. Mr. Canfi said
the plans are for a much smaller number of vehicles in a far smaller
deal.
He said that the chemical additive was a food colour that had “a
psychological effect”. The company’s web site, however, speaks of
additives such as tear gas and pepper spray. “Hefty front bulldozer
blades clear any obstacles in the vehicle’s path,” it adds.
It says chemical additives in “dangerous inmate situations” in
correctional facilities “can be injected to further restrain and
demobilise the inmate”.
Mr Canfi said that “as long as they are using water with food colour,
instead of live ammunition, I’m happy. It does not matter if it is
Zimbabwe, Chile or Angola, we help the government to save lives.”
Zimbabwe’s High Court is to rule today on a bail application by 20
white farmers charged with inciting public violence after clashes
with militants on their properties, AP and Reuters add.
The opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday endorsed a US
Senate vote for targeted sanctions against his country’s ruling elite but
said full economic sanctions would be a ruinous mistake.