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Eurosatory and Israeli firms
At Eurosatory 2026, representatives from defence ministries, armed forces, security organisations and defence companies visited Israeli booths, with meetings focused on advanced technologies and opportunities for collaboration despite French restrictions.
“Representatives from defence ministries, armed forces, security organisations and defence companies visited the Israeli booths”
The French government decided to ban the establishment of an Israeli national pavilion and also prohibited the participation of official Israeli representatives while restricting the display of Israeli products, according to the ministry’s account.
Col. Sagi Fink, Defense and Military Attaché of Israel to France, said, “Despite the restrictions imposed on Israeli defense companies and the arbitrary blocking of some of them, the Israeli pavilions drew very active foot traffic throughout the exhibition.”
The ministry said international delegations nevertheless sought out Israeli companies during the exhibition, and it framed the engagement as aligned with Israel’s strategy to expand Israeli defence exports and strengthen strategic partnerships.
It added that Israeli-developed systems are used by armed forces, security organisations and emergency responders worldwide, and that demand for Israeli technologies during Eurosatory underlined the industry’s reputation for innovation, reliability and operational relevance.
Universities, bids, and protests
In Italy, the unionist Vincenzo Quaranta of FILCAMS CGIL and Alfredo Terlizzi discussed how DUSSMANN was forced to seek an agreement on the doorman/porter contracts at the Politecnico di Milano after sharp cuts and increases in duties.
The same article says there are 80 active research agreements between Italian and Israeli universities, with funding, international research projects, and close ties between academics and arms manufacturers such as Leonardo S.p.A.
It also describes student mobilization spreading across EU countries, with Austria and Switzerland joining protests against Israeli policies, and it says the Meloni government opted for a repressive approach marked by baton charges, arrests, and active suppression of student protests.
In the Physics Department of La Sapienza University in Rome, it reports a significant sit-in after the vandalism of a plaque in memory of Rector Sufian Tayeh, killed by the Israeli army, and it notes a petition against the Mare Aperto internship with the navy.
The article quotes Michele Lancione explaining, “My book analyzes the relationships that the public academic world, focused on civilian research, maintains with the military‑industrial complex.”
Escalation across the region
In a recap of the evening situation, La Croix reports that President Donald Trump announced the death of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and it says about 500 targets have been hit in Iran since Saturday morning.
“There were 15 workers out of 50, but they still won: the DUSSMANN company was forced to seek an agreement on the doorman/porter contracts at the Politecnico di Milano, which had previously undergone sharp cuts and increases in duties”
It adds that the US-Israeli strike on Iran would last as long as necessary, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and it says the Iranian Red Crescent reports more than 200 dead with two thirds of the provinces affected by the attacks.
The same recap says Jordanian forces intercepted 13 ballistic missiles, with the Jordanian armed forces reporting material damage while Iran retaliates in the region to the US and Israeli strikes.
It also reports that Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi urged the United Nations Security Council to act immediately in a letter, stating that the United States and Israel must fully bear the consequences of their illegal actions.
Europe 1, meanwhile, says Iran bombed Dimona and Arad in retaliation for strikes against its Natanz nuclear infrastructure, wounding more than 80 and 30 people respectively, and it adds that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck the Jewish state with volleys of missiles at Dimona and Arad.
