Israel: the model coercive state
Published
by
Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
As this Transnational Institute study shows, Israel has made itself central to the international arms and homeland security industry.
Israel’s arms export companies, like Elbit Systems, have a great competitive advantage over those of many other countries.
They can market their products as “battle-tested”, based on “operational experience gained through tens of thousands of operational sorties by the IDF”.
It is of course the Palestinians under occupation who are the live guinea pigs for Israel’s highly profitable arms trade.
This article was originally published by TNI publications on Mon 31 May 2021. Read the original here.
Israel: the model coercive state and why boycotting it is key to emancipation everywhere
Israel’s arms and security industry has become an intrinsic part of the apartheid regime. It is not only present in the brutal violence of the bombing of Gaza and the constant harassment and dispossession of Palestinians, it is also shaping the coercive dimensions of states everywhere, bringing the politics and methodology of occupation to other countries and regimes.
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One of the most horrifyingly terrible articles I have read .
Man’s inhumanity to man, for profit.
Such a small country can wreck lives in so many places. This must be shared as much as possible.
Horrendous read, your blood boils as the images of these crimes against the Palestinians race around your head. I’ll be sharing this far and wide.
I commend the author for the thorough research that has been done here to show how deep and wide one country can go to invest the world with inhumanity . I shudder to think of our and our children’s futures. A must read for everyone.