We must shift the arms race into a ‘peace race’. –Martin Luther King Jr
Israel has had its prolonged occupation of Palestine since 1967. Throughout those years, Israel’s military-industrial complex has been testing weapons, surveillance systems, and counterinsurgency techniques in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, which it then exports around the globe.
Israel has supplied nearly 130 nations worldwide with spyware, so-called smart walls, facial recognition technology, occupation and repression instruments, and other items tested in the Gaza Strip. Therefore, the conflict is no longer limited to Palestine as a geographical location. It has evolved into “Global Palestine.”
The term “Politicide” refers to the idea that the Israeli elite wants to eradicate the Palestinian people not merely by killing them but also by destroying their political identity and aspiration for self-determination. Israel has consequently encompassed its entire identity as a Jewish supremacist state. On the contrary, one may contend that Palestinian resistance also lives on.
Under Modi’s Hindu nationalist government, the strategic, military, and ideological ties between Israel and India are growing stronger. First, because of their defense partnership, India purchases enormous quantities of technology, spy gear, and defense supplies from Israel. Second, there’s an ideological alignment, the conviction that Modi’s Indian government of Hindu fundamentalists are vocal about their appreciation for Israel’s actions in the West Bank and their desire to replicate those actions in Kashmir.
In particular, Muslim refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and other countries had overtaken the European Union, and Europeans didn’t want that to happen again. Additionally, they established nearly a fortress-style Europe using a variety of instruments and technologies to keep people out, primarily Muslims.
It is unethical and a violation of human rights for Israel to attack the Gaza Strip to test its weaponry and then sell them with the designation “Battle tested.” Meanwhile, the Muslim Ummah and the United Nations (UN) have to oppose Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people in Palestine.
Employing Israeli drones is one aspect of that arsenal. Though they are unarmed, Frontex, the E.U.’s equivalent of a border security force, mainly uses them as they fly over the Mediterranean constantly. As a result, they are returning all of these photos to Frontex’s headquarters in Warsaw 24/7. And although the E.U. refuses to acknowledge it, they have decided to let people drown; it is a new policy. Rescue boats are incredibly scarce. And that gets to the core of why the E.U. uses Israeli drones because they have been put to the test in combat over Gaza several times in the previous 15 years.
Exports from Israel’s border-industrial complex reach Mexico and the USA. Spread out over the border are vast Israeli monitoring towers manufactured by Elbit, the country’s top defence contractor, a vital component of the American arsenal located across the border in Mexico. Furthermore, the USA picked this company after its products underwent initial testing in Palestine.
Israel became an American ally, frequently providing countries with military assistance and training that the USA was unable to give formally due to potential congressional issues. The idea of learning the so-called skills that Israel was gaining through its occupation after 1967 was a significant draw for many of those countries, including Guatemala, Honduras, Chile under Pinochet, and a host of other countries in Latin and South America, Africa, and Asia.
Israel and the USA turned into indispensable allies. Israel disclosed its 2022 armament exports of $12.5 billion. Moreover, following the so-called Abraham Accords, 25 percent of that was flowing to the Arab autocracies. Not only is it a moral failing, but 75 years after the Holocaust, it has left a very terrible stain on the Jewish legacy. It appears as this legacy is supporting the world’s worst dictators.
Pegasus, an Israeli spyware, has garnered much attention over the past ten years. It’s a tool that lets any law enforcement agency, military intelligence agency, or government spy on a person’s phone, whether Android or iOS, and gain all of its data. The largest consumers of it, as well as the main targets of this monitoring, are Mexico and Togo.
Furthermore, Israel offers Pegasus and other programmes as a diplomatic carrot, saying, “We will sell you the most powerful spyware in the world if you back us in the U.N. or elsewhere.” It has led to its sale in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Rwanda, and numerous other oppressive nations. Israel is currently among the world’s top exporters of spyware, even if NSO Group vanishes tomorrow and goes bankrupt. There are many other similar technologies in Israel.
It is unethical and a violation of human rights for Israel to attack the Gaza Strip to test its weaponry and then sell them with the designation “Battle tested.” Meanwhile, the Muslim Ummah and the United Nations (UN) have to oppose Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people in Palestine.
