Israel's dirty arms trade secrets

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsl47JJbgY8


The Electronic Intifada

On episode 50 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, economist and researcher Shir Hever returns to discuss Israel's weapons and spying programs.

We also talk about the recent revelations that Israel will be clearing all of its business deals with China with the US State Department before they proceed.

Hever highlights the impact that boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns are having on the Israeli economy – something the government there is desperately trying to cover up.

Israeli officials "constantly have to give a spin on every bad economic story that happens," Hever says. Whenever "there's a little bit of a decline in the exports of commodities for whatever reason, they have to put a spin on it. Otherwise people might start to think, oh, is this because of BDS?"

Hever is the author of The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation and The Privatization of Israeli Security.

He notes that the recent closing of an Elbit arms factory in Oldham, UK, following sustained protests by activists, was a direct hit to the Israeli weapons manufacturer's expansionist strategy. It creates a precedent that will worry other arms dealers.

And we talk about the blowback against Israel's cyberwarfare technology and, as Hever says, "the level of privatizing of intelligence that only the Israeli government allows to happen and encourages."

Full transcript here:  https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-50-israels-dirty-arms-trade-secrets

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They blew up Iraq's nuclear reactor.  1981.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera

They blew up Syria's nuclear reactor.  2007.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Outside_the_Box

They blew up Iran's nuclear reactor.  (more than once)

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