Israel has made many friends in the international sphere by selling countries state-of-the-art defence technology that it ‘battle tests’ on Palestinian people
Saleem Rashid Shah
In February 2022, against rising tensions in the region, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz visited Bahrain to sign a landmark security cooperation agreement with the Kingdom. Bahrain was among the four Arab countries that joined the Abraham Accords, a series of diplomatic accords with Israel facilitated by the Trump administration. The Kingdom thus became the first Gulf state to formalise such a pact with Israel. The agreement, driven by mutual concerns about Iran, was summarised by the Israeli defense ministry in the following words:
“The MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) will support any future cooperation in the areas of Intelligence, mil-to-mil (military to military), industrial collaboration and more.”
This is where Antony Loewenstein builds the central argument of his new book “The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World”.
Israel’s military-industrial complex explains Loewenstein uses occupied Palestinian territories as testing ground for weaponry and surveillance technology, which they later export globally to authoritarian regimes to suppress dissent within their countries. This expertise in managing a perceived ‘enemy’ population makes Israel and its ‘architecture of control’ highly sought after on the international stage. Israel has sold defence equipment to so many nations that it hopes to insulate itself from any political backlash. It’s these allies that have given Israel the much-needed protection against any international censure. Selling this technology of occupation and high-tech weaponry is the kind of arms policy that ensures alliance and friendship with despot nations and democracies alike. Israel thus prides itself on being an indispensable nation….
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