The Rohingya Massacre and the Israeli Arms Traces in Myanmar

Israel is criticized for its rising weapons in Myanmar when the country's military militia massacred the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine. Even though there is no certainty of Israeli weapons utilized in violence in Rakhine. But, Tel Aviv's parliament is fighting to stop the export of those arms. The newest violence broke out in Rakhine on Thursday night or Friday, August 25, an early final morning when a militant group attacked police posts that killed 12 officers. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) group claimed accountability for the assault around the pretext of defending the Rohingyas.

In response, the Myanmar military launched an operation that killed hundreds of persons, together with Rohingya civilians. Official information recognized by the army and Myanmar government says there are actually 399 people killed this week. They're 370 Rohingya guerrillas, 13 safety forces, two government officials and 14 civilians. But data from activists in Rakhine stated about 130 men and women, which include gals and kids of Rohingyas, had been killed in military operations. Mass killings had been reported in Chut Pyin Village, close to Rathedaung Town, western Myanmar.

The UN distinctive Rapporteur is still investigating what happened in Rakhine, including the origins of a million military weapons used to suppress the Rohingya minority. But Harvard University researchers say that crime continues because the Israeli government keeps supplying arms to the Burmese regime. One particular million military officers, General Min Aung Hlaing, is acknowledged to go to Israel in September 2015 on a "shopping trip" from Israeli military producers. His delegation met with President Reuven Rivlin along with military officials like the Israeli army chief of workers. He visited military bases and defense contractors Elbit Systems and Elta Methods.

In August 2016, the photograph was published on the website of TAR Ideal Concepts, an Israeli firm specializing in offering instruction and military gear, showing exercises with Israeli Corner Shot rifles. On the similar time, there was a statement that Myanmar had begun employing the weapon for operations. The internet site explained the firm was led by former Israeli police commissioner Shlomo Aharonishki. Now, the website won't make individual reference to Myanmar, but that only refers to Asia. The Israeli Large Court is scheduled to hear a request in late September from a petition of human rights activists who are fighting more arms sales to Myanmar.

On June 5, Knesset (Israeli Parliament) member Tamar Zandberg requested arms exports to Myanmar. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman replied that Israel could be a country which is subject to Western nations, specifically the USA which can be linked since the world's biggest arms exporter. "We are topic to them and retain the same policy," he said. But Lieberman's statement is incorrect. America plus the European Union imposed an arms embargo on Myanmar. It's unclear whether it's Lieberman's ignorance or his attempt to defend himself in a policy of arms exports to Myanmar.