Controversy
One of Beit Alfa's main industries is riot control equipment. According to The Guardian, Beit Alfa sold water cannons to the apartheid regime in South Africa in the 1980s in a "secret pact." Beit Alfa says that using water cannons to disperse riots instead of live ammunition can save human lives.
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