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. Her work focuses on researching Israeli military export and import as well as training, and the human rights violations these are involved in. This includes tracking of missiles, drones, crowd dispersal equipment and cyber tools by Israeli security forces around the world; documenting human rights abuses with Israeli arms and technology in other countries; researching Israel’s military relations with the US and with other countries in the Middle East; and involvement in national and international campaigns to increase human rights based restrictions on arms trade.
Sahar Vardi is a researcher and campaigner on issues of militarism in Israel, and the export of Israeli militarism worldwide. Her work focuses on researching Israeli military export and import as well as training, and the human rights violations these are involved in. This includes tracking of missiles, drones, crowd dispersal equipment and cyber tools by Israeli security forces around the world; documenting human rights abuses with Israeli arms and technology in other countries; researching Israel’s military relations with the US and with other countries in the Middle East; and involvement in national and international campaigns to increase human rights based restrictions on arms trade.
Recent Publications:
- "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.