---
category: Intelligence & Government
summary: London-based arms dealer who ran Dynavest Limited, supplying weapons from
  Yugoslavia to Palestinian groups via Mohammed Radi Abdullah.
tags:
- Person
- CIA
- ArmsDealer
- Israel
---

[John Knight](/people/john-knight/) was an arms dealer who ran a company called [Dynavest Limited](/organizations/dynavest-limited/) in [London](/places/london/). He was involved in acquiring arms from Yugoslavia and selling them to [Mohammed Radi Abdullah](/people/mohammed-radi-abdullah/), who in turn sold them to Palestinian groups like [Abu Nidal](/people/abu-nidal/).[^1]

[Knight](/people/john-knight/) was familiar to [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/) and his associates, having worked with the [Tony Pearson](/people/anthony-pearson/)-[Nick Davies](/people/nicholas-davies/) group since the late 1970s. He was also mentioned as a supplier of equipment to [Iraq](/places/iraq/) directly from Britain.[^1]

[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.