Boaz Levy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Israel Aerospace Industries, said at Ynet and Yedioth Ahronoth's 'People of the State' conference that "the French are creating an embargo on the State of Israel to advance their own industry and not necessarily for other reasons." He also noted that "interest in air defense systems is global. Everywhere we are, we receive questions about the Arrow system. Anyone who wants to protect their citizens from ballistic missiles and knows that in future systems ballistic missiles will be more dominant is interested in the system."