Greece Embraces Apartheid Tech: 'Anti-Drone' Deals with Israel While Gaza Burns
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor reports that Greece's Defence Minister Nikos Dendias announced collaboration with Israel on anti-drone systems and cybersecurity following a meeting with his Israeli counterpart in Athens, highlighting ongoing economic and diplomatic ties, including joint military drills. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: Israel's 'anti-drone' and 'cybersecurity' systems
are developed and refined through decades of surveillance, siege, and warfare against Palestinians. Gaza, under a 17-year illegal blockade, became an open-air laboratory for these technologies, notably drone warfare and surveillance, long before the 2023-2024 genocide, which has killed over 40,000. These systems are tested in real-time, on real populations, providing a gruesome 'proof of concept'
that makes them attractive to nations like Greece. Double Standard: The media frames this as legitimate defense cooperation. Yet, if China or Russia were openly marketing 'battle-tested' surveillance and drone-strike systems, perfected in regions facing internationally condemned aggressions, Western media would decry it as evidence of authoritarian expansion. The unique impunity granted to Israel
by Western powers allows this kind of arms dealing to be normalized. Follow the Money: The Israeli arms industry, including cybersecurity firms like NSO Group (implicated in spying on journalists and dissidents globally), directly profits from the war machine. Greece, like many US allies, is under pressure to align with US geopolitical interests in the Eastern Mediterranean, which includes