A brief look at how Israel and some US companies have been cashing in on the suffering and genocide of the Palestinians. (Excerpts from three articles below)
Israel shares war lessons with 18 armies in global seminar
Israel goes out of its way each year to share its expertise in genocidal warmongering, repeat its biased narrative about October 7th, and exhibit Israeli towns near the Gaza border, where some of its most advanced armaments are at the ready. It’s likely that some guests will purchase “battle-tested” weaponry made in Israel (see next article).
reposted from Jewish News Syndicate
An international seminar on Israel’s multi-front war over the past two years, attended by senior commanders and officers from militaries worldwide and led by the Israel Defense Forces Ground Forces, commenced on Sunday and will continue throughout the week.
Military officers from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland, India, Greece, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Estonia, Japan, Morocco, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia arrived in Israel to learn from the IDF’s experience, the Israeli military said in a statement.
The purpose of the gathering is to “strengthen cooperation, enhance familiarity with diverse operational approaches, exchange professional knowledge and experience between the participating militaries,” the army said.
It went on to say that the IDF “continues to initiate and promote international cooperation with leading militaries worldwide as part of its ongoing effort to strengthen relationships, enhance collaboration, and foster shared learning in the face of evolving security challenges.”
According to Israel’s public broadcaster Kan, the military delegations will hear lectures, conduct tours in the Gaza Envelope, and meet with soldiers and civilians who took part in the defensive battles on Oct. 7, 2023.
Israel’s Elbit Systems reports record profits on the back of Gaza genocide
Elbit is just one of Israel’s many defense technology companies. Its CEO talks frankly about the massive sales to to Europe and elsewhere (some customers are classified – perhaps because they are human rights abusers). Again, a perk of purchasing Israeli weapons and equipment is that it’s “battle-tested.”
reposted from The Cradle
Israel’s leading defense technology company, Elbit Systems, reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit on 18 November after months of fueling the genocide in Gaza by supplying weapons, munitions, and surveillance systems, while simultaneously securing a wave of new European contracts.
The company posted $3.35 per diluted share excluding one-time items, up from $2.21 a year earlier, and reported $1.92 billion in revenue compared to $1.72 billion last year.
Its order backlog reached $25.2 billion, with the company saying 69 percent comes from outside Israel.
Elbit CEO Bezhalel Machlis said the performance reflected “the significant contracts the company has secured across Europe and from customers worldwide,” driven by expanding defense budgets.
Israel accounted for over 33 percent of revenue, with Elbit supplying munitions, drones, guided rockets, and reconnaissance systems during the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
Sales to Europe, the world’s second-largest buyer of Israeli weapons, rose from $430 million to $536 million, comprising 28 percent of total revenue (continue reading here).
Also read: Rafael’s new backpack-sized missile gives ground forces precision strike capability
The Gaza War Has Been Big Business for Some U.S. Companies
The Israel lobby and pro-Israel campaign donors pressure Congress to provide massive amounts of free money to Israel. Israel then uses this money to buy US-made weaponry (and its own products), instead of funding its wars with its own money. Companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics (pro-Israel Crown family members have long been instrumental in the company) have cashed in. (Israel has also spent huge sums buying software and services from Google – see this).
reposted from Wall Street Journal
Sales of U.S. weapons to Israel have surged since October 2023, with Washington approving more than $32 billion in armaments, ammunition and other equipment to the Israeli military over that time, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of State Department disclosures.
The war has been devastating for the Palestinian enclave and has vastly increased hostility between Israel and other Middle East nations. The fighting throughout the region has presented a fresh opportunity for defense companies in the American heartland and, to a lesser extent, tech giants on the West Coast.
Much of the bill has been footed by U.S. taxpayers. Israel normally gets $3.3 billion in foreign military financing each year, a number that more than doubled last year to $6.8 billion*. That figure doesn’t include non-cash forms of assistance.
*NOTE: If Americans Knew has calculated a much larger contribution by American taxpayers to Israel’s war chest: $63 million a day.
The American company that has brought in the most Israeli business since the Gaza war began is Boeing. The U.S. green-lighted an $18.8 billion sale of Boeing F-15 strike fighters last year to Israel for delivery beginning in 2029. This year, various partnerships in which Boeing plays a leading role got approval for $7.9 billion of sales of guided bombs and associated kits.
That is much more than the $10 billion Israel pledged in 2018 to purchase from Boeing over the next decade, and it would account for a significant portion of the company’s $74 billion in current orders (for more of the companies that have profited off Israel’s genocide, continue reading here).
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