Бейт-Альфа (кибуц)

One of Beit Alfa's main industries is riot control equipment that has been the subject of some controversy. The equipment has been sold to regimes that some accuse of abusing human rights. During the 1980s, Beit Alfa sold water cannon to the [[apartheid]] regime in [[South Africa]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/feb/07/southafrica.israel Guardian] February 7, 2006 Brothers in arms - Israel's secret pact with Pretoria ''Alongside the state-owned factories turning out materiel for South Africa was Kibbutz Beit Alfa, which developed a profitable industry selling anti-riot vehicles for use against protesters in the black townships.''</ref><ref>See "An Israeli Dilemma: S. African Ties; Moves to Cut Links Are Slowed by Economic Pressures, Sentiment," The Washington Post, 20 September 1987.</ref> Officials from Beit Alfa have defended the sale of their equipment to human-rights abusing regimes, on the grounds that compared with live ammunition, water cannons save lives of demonstrators who otherwise might be shot dead with live ammunition.<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0823-02.htm "Israeli Riot-Gear Sale Fuels Concern," Christian Science Monitor, 23 August 2001]</ref>

One of Beit Alfa's main industries is riot control equipment that has been the subject of some controversy. The equipment has been sold to regimes that some accuse of abusing human rights. During the 1980s, Beit Alfa sold water cannon to the [[apartheid]] regime in [[South Africa]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2006/feb/07/southafrica.israel Guardian] February 7, 2006 Brothers in arms - Israel's secret pact with Pretoria ''Alongside the state-owned factories turning out materiel for South Africa was Kibbutz Beit Alfa, which developed a profitable industry selling anti-riot vehicles for use against protesters in the black townships.''</ref><ref>See "An Israeli Dilemma: S. African Ties; Moves to Cut Links Are Slowed by Economic Pressures, Sentiment," The Washington Post, 20 September 1987.</ref> Officials from Beit Alfa have defended the sale of their equipment to human-rights abusing regimes, on the grounds that compared with live ammunition, water cannons save lives of demonstrators who otherwise might be shot dead with live ammunition.<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0823-02.htm "Israeli Riot-Gear Sale Fuels Concern," Christian Science Monitor, 23 August 2001]</ref>

[[Category:National parks of Israel]]

[[Category:National parks of Israel]]

== Примечания ==

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[[Категория:География Израиля]]

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