, The Swiss defence ministry has been criticised by an anti-war group and the Green Party for striking a new deal to buy military hardware from Israel.
Both the Group for Switzerland without an Army and the Greens have repeatedly urged the government to scrap military collaboration with Israel and other Middle East countries.
On Sunday the defence ministry confirmed a report in the SonntagsZeitung newspaper that Switzerland would be buying equipment from Israel for its Super Puma helicopters. The material, valued at SFr4-10 million ($3-8 million), is needed to modernise cockpits.
According to spokesman Martin B
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