By, Anshel Pfeffer
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A new book claims the late Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin supported emergency arms shipments to the Argentine military at the height of the Falklands War.
It is claimed that Mr Begin's supposed hatred of the British from his days fighting the pre-independence mandate led to the move.
Operation Israel, by Argentine journalist Hernan Dobry, details the close military relations between Israel and Argentina during the years of the military dictatorship in the South American country from the 1960s to 1982.
Among the weaponry Israel sold to the Argentine Air Force were "Dagger" fighter jets, manufactured by Israel Aircraft Industries. According to the book, these sales intensified during the months leading up to the British attack on Argentine forces, following the occupation of the Falkland Islands in April 1982.
