Motorola to sell Israeli unit making bomb fuses, denies connection to protests

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Motorola to sell Israeli unit making bomb fuses

NEW YORK (AP) — Motorola Inc. is selling an Israel-based unit that makes bomb fuses.

Motorola reached a deal last week to sell its Government Electronics Department, which has less than 50 employees, to Aeronautics Ltd., an Israeli company. Motorola did not disclose the price.

Activists in the U.S. have protested Motorola's sales of fuses and communications equipment to the Israeli military. Motorola spokesman Rusty Brashear said the sale of the unit was not triggered by the protests.

"We're selling it primarily because it doesn't fit in our portfolio," Brashear said. "We've been getting out of all our military units, except for communications."

The sale is expected to close in late May or early June.
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