Sahar Vardi
Independent expert
twitter: @SaharMvardi
email: saharmvardi [at] gmail [dot] com
phone: +972 54 568 3419/+447404563118
Independent expert
twitter: @SaharMvardi
email: saharmvardi [at] gmail [dot] com
phone: +972 54 568 3419/+447404563118
Middle East
Sahar Vardi is a researcher and campaigner on issues of militarism in Israel, and the export of Israeli militarism worldwide. Previously she worked with the American Friends Service Committee researching Israeli military export and import as well as training, and the human rights violations these are involved in. She founded the Database on Israeli Military and Security Export (dimse.info). In recent years she has researched the climate footprint of militaries and military action with a focus on Palestine-Israel, and is working with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation on a global campaign for reduction in military spending.
Vardi attended the University of Bradford as a Rotary Fellow, and received an MA in Peace Studies, writing her thesis on military climate mitigation plans in the U.S., UK, EU and New Zealand.
Sahar Vardi is a researcher and campaigner on issues of militarism in Israel, and the export of Israeli militarism worldwide. Previously she worked with the American Friends Service Committee researching Israeli military export and import as well as training, and the human rights violations these are involved in. She founded the Database on Israeli Military and Security Export (dimse.info). In recent years she has researched the climate footprint of militaries and military action with a focus on Palestine-Israel, and is working with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation on a global campaign for reduction in military spending.
Vardi attended the University of Bradford as a Rotary Fellow, and received an MA in Peace Studies, writing her thesis on military climate mitigation plans in the U.S., UK, EU and New Zealand.
Recent Publications:
- "Raytheon’s Dirty Business in Qatar," Corruption Tracker, updated August 29, 2023.
- "In Russia as in Israel, buying weapons is just as harmful as selling them," WPF, March 18, 2022.
- "Bombs and Dollars: Arms trade should always consider human rights," World Peace Foundation, June 18, 2021.
- "US taxpayers are killing Gazans," World Peace Foundation, May 21, 2021.
- "This database is exposing decades of Israel’s shady arms deals," +972 Magazine, February 10, 2021.
- "Oil, guns, and gas: How Gulf money will fuel Israel’s arms industry," +972 Magazine, December 8, 2020.
- "The hypocrisy of Israel’s alliance with the Kurds," +972 Magazine, October 18, 2019.
- "Israel’s arms exports: A decade of war and new markets," April 12, 2018.