Thu Jan 30 13:30:00 UTC 2025: ## Israel’s Surveillance Tech: Profits Built on Palestinian Oppression?
**JERUSALEM** – A new investigative report alleges that Israel’s lucrative arms industry, a global top-ten player, profits from the oppression of Palestinians. Award-winning journalist Antony Loewenstein’s two-part series reveals how Israeli military and surveillance technologies, honed through years of use in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, are marketed internationally as battle-tested solutions for controlling populations.
Loewenstein’s investigation details a direct pipeline between the Israeli army, its research, and personnel, and the semi-private arms companies that drive Israel’s $13 billion military-industrial complex. This system, he argues, provides a comprehensive approach to population control, combining weapons, surveillance, and architectural techniques. The report highlights the use of AI-powered targeting systems during the recent Gaza conflict (October 7, 2023 onwards) as a prime example of this technology’s deployment against Palestinians before being offered to global clients.
The investigation includes firsthand accounts from both Palestinians and Israelis, painting a picture of how occupied territories serve as a testing ground for technologies later sold internationally as “field-proven.” Loewenstein, a Jewish Australian journalist with a long history of reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, notes that while many countries sell arms, Israel’s unique approach combines these technologies into a comprehensive system for controlling populations deemed “difficult”. His work promises to spark debate about the ethical implications of Israel’s military exports and their origins.
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