
This session was designed to provide investigative journalists with the skills to investigate the arms trade and military aid flowing from the United States and United Kingdom to Israel, and reviews tools and resources that help understand and read military databases and track military activities from the supplier country to the end user.
Below are the links to additional resources and works from our speakers:
Ari Tolany
Unpacking Biden’s Conventional Arms Transfer Policy:
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/unpacking-bidens-conventional-arms-transfer-policy
How Israel Got an Endless Supply of U.S.-Made Smart Bombs: https://inthesetimes.com/article/united-states-israel-precision-guided-munitions-stockpile
Turning a Second Blind Eye: https://www.stimson.org/2024/turning-a-second-blind-eye/
Fact Sheet: Closing A Leahy Law Loophole : https://pomed.org/publication/fact-sheet-closing-a-leahy-law-loophole-the-duty-to-inform-and-human-rights-vetting-for-non-traceable-assistance/
John Chapelle
Key Takeaways from Biden Administration Report on Arms Transfers: https://www.justsecurity.org/95583/israel-weapons-hamas-us-report-takeaways/
Can Biden’s New Arms Transfer Policy Be More Transparent?: https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2024-03/features/can-bidens-new-arms-transfer-policy-be-more-empty-promise
Herding CATs: Prioritizing Human Rights in Arms Sales: https://jgjpp.regent.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Herding-Cats-%E2%80%93-JGJPP-Volume-9-1.pdf
Stop American Weapons from Killing Civilians in Conflict Zones: https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4271322-stop-american-weapons-from-killing-civilians-in-gaza/
Iain Overton
The session’s presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wWExl12WbHf7Ee-FwG44RbiDFil3cNuh/edit#slide=id.p1
Who is Arming Israel? Report and Key Findings: https://aoav.org.uk/2024/who-is-arming-israel-report-and-key-findings/
Op-ed: The UK’s Arms Trade with Israel Needs Accountability: https://aoav.org.uk/2024/op-ed-the-uks-arms-trade-with-israel-needs-a-rethink-and-fast/
For additional resources on investigating arms transfers and military conflicts, please explore the following tools and guides from the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN):
Investigating Arms Transfers: https://gijn.org/stories/investigating-arms-trafficking/
Resources on Military and Conflict: https://gijn.org/resource/updated-resource-on-military-and-conflict/
The Security Assistance Monitor website can be found here: https://internationalpolicy.org/programs/sam/
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency’s posting of major defense sales can be found here: https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales