A new initiative has been launched in Israel to create a public movement that will demand of the government full information about Israeli arms sales – which are today not public knowledge, and most of all will stand for a requirement that arms sales will need to be reviewed as to their ethical consequences before being approved by the government.

The initiative has been launched by two young people, (Rabbi) Avidan Freedman and Yitzhak Engelman.

The name they have given the non-profit in Hebrew is Yanshoof which is an acrostic in Hebrew for Arms, Exports, Transparency, and Supervision.  The tentative Public Committee for Yanshuf consists of Rabbi Daniel Gordis, Rabbi Yehuda Gilad, Professor Israel Charny, former member of Knesset Tehila Friedman, and Rabbi Yuval Cherlow.

For more information and for inquiries about affiliation, contact Rabbi Avidan Freedman, Founder and Chairman, +972 54-980-8706, email: avidanf[at]gmail.com, info@yanshoof.org, www.yanshoof.org.

For data about Israel arms sales, see The Database of Military and Israeli Security Export, www.dimse.info.

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