Quote from shared article at bottom: "The companies listed here have provided Israel with weapons and other military equipment used in its so-called “Swords of Iron” attacks in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria during October-December 2023."
They missed this one, of National Conservative, New Right Peter Thiel’s: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-palantir-military-tech-firm-backing-war-gaza-awarded-uk-nhs-data-contractBLUF: "Palantir, which has an office in Tel Aviv, has been outspoken in its support for Israel. In a social media post on 12 October, it said: “Certain kinds of evil can only be fought with force. Palantir stands with Israel.” (TP-Nazi Carl Schmitt’s, and Thiel’s ideological mentor’s, “Friend -Enemy Distinction,” the fundamental basis of Fascism). "In a letter to shareholders issued on 2 November, the company said: “We are one of a few companies in the world to stand up and announce our support for Israel, which remains steadfast.” . . . "Palantir was founded in 2004 with some funding provided by a CIA-backed venture capital firm and provides services to the US military and intelligence agencies, as well as to armed forces in the UK and other western countries. "Another co-founder, and Palantir’s current chair, is Peter Thiel, a technology billionaire who also co-founded PayPal and backed Donald Trump’s winning US presidential campaign in 2016. "In 2017, Haaretz reported that Palantir was one of two technology companies providing predictive systems used for intelligence at Israeli security organisations that the newspaper linked to the arrests of scores of Palestinians based on profiling of their social media activity." And they missed this “New Right, National Conservative,” aka “Right-wing Peacenik” supporter, MSAIC (Military Surveillance Assassination Industrial Complex) firm: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/technology/anduril-military-palmer-luckey.htmlhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/andurilindustries_the-modern-battlefield-activity-7120146690317156353-Mq_v/: "But a growing array of venture capital firms see things differently. Anduril is backed by several notable ones, including Founders Fund, created by the PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel; Andreessen Horowitz; and General Catalyst." Little wonder Thiel is so supportive of Israel’s genocidal war, when he’s so loyal to Israel’s Fascist Settler Movement:
With this as another one, of one of Thiel’s fellow “MSAIC Oligarchs”: "From the early months of the war, SpaceX’s Starlink, the Elon Musk-founded satellite internet service, had played a critical role for frontline Ukrainian troops. But small drones and a denser collection of satellites are also helping to provide the capacity for pervasive surveillance, allowing Ukraine to identify and track threats and targets constantly.” And don’t overlook Musk’s role in surveillance of our biometric data:
"Back in July, a proposed class action lawsuit was brought against X, accusing it of storing biometric data without users' consent. The plaintiff alleged that X collected and stored identifying information from every photo with a face in it that was uploaded to the platform.”
Here’s what Thiel’s “venture capital firm,” with J.D. Vance and other politicians Thiel promotes, coming out of that, as “Right-wing Peaceniks” haha "The letter, sent to defence secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday, was signed by marquee venture capital firms that have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into fledgling defence tech companies over recent years.”
Which is a “Network Listing” of the "New Right Blob,” in the process of supplanting “Old Right Blob,” or as The American Conservative and Quincy Institute called it” Fighting the Blob.” But not all media sites fell for Thiel’s cognitive war meme:
Which leads me to suspect Thiel’s money helps support Heritage now, as an essential part of the MSAIC: "Mr. Stoll is wrong, however, to group the Heritage Foundation with those attacking “the modern arsenal of democracy.” We decided to refuse funding from the defense industry, but that isn’t because we oppose American power like the left does. It’s because we want to offer clearsighted analysis to the U.S. military, which has limited resources and faces multiplying threats, without even the appearance of outside influence.” "That’s why Heritage has supported and continues to support responsible military aid to Ukraine.)
It’s not hard to see “whose water” “right-wing peacenik” Heritage Foundation is carrying: "From autonomous systems to robotics to all-domain command and control systems, these start-ups are coupling dynamism with an explicit desire to solve America’s national security issues.For example: . . . "New entrant Anduril’s autonomous underwater vehicles and AI-driven software and hardware layering systems led to multiple government contracts, including one worth almost $1 billion in 2022, and a valuation nearing at least $7 billion.21 At a July 2022 conference, Palmer Luckey, Anduril’s founder and former Facebook employee, reportedly noted that his former company and other Big Tech plat-forms use their resources and world-class talent primarily to build “tech toys and social apps” instead of committing to more serious U.S. national security applications."
"Palantir, a Silicon Valley software and services company founded in 2003 with the explicit purpose of helping the intelligence community with counterterrorism investigations, filed its paperwork to go public on Tuesday. Karp, who started the company with venture capitalist Peter Thiel, among others, railed on tech culture and practices in his letter from the CEO."
With this on Anduril, as celebrated on Fox News just last Sunday:
On Dec 10, 2023, at 7:15 AM, Chas Freeman via Salon <salon@listserve.com> wrote:
The
companies listed here have provided Israel with weapons and other
military equipment used in its so-called “Swords of Iron” attacks in
Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Syria during October-December 2023.
AFSC Action Center on Corporate Accountability Since Oct. 7, Israel has waged unprecedented aerial and ground attacks on Gaza after Hamas-led attacks on Israel. Palestinian civilians in Gaza have been killed at historic pace,
and Israel largely destroyed the entire northern part of the Gaza
Strip. These attacks have been accompanied by a surge of Israeli
violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, clashes between
the Israeli military and armed groups in Lebanon, and Israeli aerial
strikes in Syria. Shortly after Oct. 7, the U.S. government
initiated an aerial convoy to deliver munitions and weapon systems to
Israel. Some of these weapons were purchased using U.S. taxpayers’ money
through the Foreign Military Sales program; some were direct commercial
sales purchased through Israel’s own budget; and some were replenishing
U.S. military stockpiles in Israel, which the Israeli military may also use. A list of known U.S. arms transfers is maintained by the Forum on the Arms Trade. Israel would not be able
to sustain these attacks without this continued flow of weapons from
the U.S. AFSC supports a full suspension of all arms transfers to both
Israeli and Palestinian militant groups. However, while the Israeli
military is heavily supplied by the U.S., no Western government or
corporation knowingly arms Palestinian militant groups. This research relies on media sources, social
media, and other open sources. We will continue to update this page with
new information. If you have information that you think we should add,
or if you are a researcher or journalist who needs access to the raw
data, please contact us. For a more comprehensive list of publicly-traded companies that are involved in the Israeli occupation, accompanied by our divestment recommendations, please refer to our Investigate database.
AeroVironment
- A military drone manufacturer headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
- Around Oct. 30, Israel requested
to purchase 200 AeroVironment Switchblade 600 Kamikaze drones, an
advanced direct fire loitering missile system that acts as a “suicide
drone.”
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
BAE Systems
- The world’s seventh largest weapons manufacturer, UK company BAE Systems manufactures the M109 howitzer, a 155mm mobile artillery system that the Israeli military has been using extensively, firing tens of thousands of 155mm shells into the Gaza Strip.
- Some of these shells are white phosphorus bombs, the use of which is forbidden in densely populated civilian areas and potentially amounts to a war crime.
- BAE also manufactures
electronic missile launching kits and other components for Israel’s
F-15, F-16, and F-35 fighter jets, which the Israeli Air Force has used
extensively in all of its attacks on Gaza, including in 2023.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments) see our company profile on the Investigate database.
The Boeing Company
- The world's fifth largest weapons manufacturer, Boeing manufactures
F-15 fighter jets and Apache AH-64 attack helicopters, which the
Israeli Air Force uses extensively in all of its attacks on Gaza and
Lebanon, including in 2023.
- Boeing also manufactures multiple types of unguided small diameter
bombs (SDBs) and Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits, which convert
these bombs into precision-guided munitions.
- Israel has been using these bombs extensively, including in a Nov. 1 bombing of Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, which killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians and could amount to a war crime, according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
- Immediately after Oct. 7, Boeing expedited delivery of 1,000 smart bombs, and another
1,800 JDAM kits, to Israel. Both deliveries were part of a 2021 order
that Israel made during its previous large-scale attack on Gaza.
- Headquartered in Chicago, the company has important production
facilities outside of Los Angeles, Seattle, and St. Louis. For more
locations, see this map.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
Caterpillar
- For decades, Caterpillar has been supplying Israel with the D9 armored bulldozer, which the Israeli military routinely uses
to demolish Palestinian homes and civilian infrastructure in the
occupied West Bank and to enforce the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
- Armored D9 bulldozers have been crucial
in the Israeli military’s ground invasion of the Gaza Strip,
accompanying combat troops and paving their way by clearing roads and
demolishing buildings.
- D9 bulldozers were also used in raids of Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank, including Jenin and Tulkarem,
where a bulldozer was used to destroy a memorial to former Palestinian
president Yasser Arafat. Deliberate destruction of cultural heritage
sites during an armed conflict can constitute a war crime.
- Israel placed an urgent order for dozens of D9 armored bulldozers during the current attacks.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
Colt's Manufacturing Company
- Colt’s Manufacturing Company makes firearms, including the M16, which was the standard-issue assault rifle used
by the Israeli military from the 1990s to the early 2010s. Many older
M16 rifles are still in use by the Israeli military and police.
- Israel requested to purchase from Colt about 18,000 M4 and MK18 assault rifles, out of 24,000 total assault rifles from U.S. companies. Israel designates
these firearms for newly-formed civilian “security squads” in dozens of
cities and towns, including illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied
West Bank.
- U.S. State Department officials, who have to approve the sale of
automatic rifles, expressed concerns that these weapons will be used to
expel Palestinian civilians from their land in the occupied West Bank.
While Israel guaranteed that the rifles will only be used by government agencies, the U.S. has reportedly delayed a shipment of 4,500 rifles from the same order.
- Colt is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut, and is owned by Czech firearms manufacturer Colt CZ Group (CZP).
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
Elbit Systems
- Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems
is one of the primary suppliers of weapons and surveillance systems to
the Israeli military, including Skylark and Hermes military UAV drones,
which form the majority of Israel’s fleet of large drones and have been
extensively used in Gaza.
- Elbit Systems’ killer Hermes 450 and 900 drones have been used
extensively in attacks on and surveillance missions in Gaza, the
occupied West Bank, and Lebanon.
- It also supplies the Israeli military with 155mm artillery shells and many other weapons systems and technologies.
- Elbit Systems spearheaded the technological aspects of the “smart”
border wall surrounding the Gaza Strip, which failed on Oct. 7. It is
also a prime contractor for the militarization of the U.S.– Mexico
border.
- The company, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, has a large U.S.
presence, with facilities in Alabama (Talladega), Florida (Boca Raton
and De Leon Springs), Massachusetts (Cambridge), New Hampshire
(Merrimack), Pennsylvania (Birdsboro) South Carolina (Ladson), Virginia
(Reston and Roanoke), and Texas (San Antonio).
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
Emtan Karmiel
- A privately-held Israeli firearm manufacturer that, within a week of Oct. 7, delivered some 12,000 rifles to the Israeli military and other security forces.
- Many of these rifles, if not all of them, are MZ4P assault rifles that have been acquired
by the Israeli Ministry of National Security to arm new civilian
“security squads” in dozens of cities and towns, including illegal
settlements in the occupied West Bank. News of these security squads reportedly caused the U.S. to halt shipments of thousands of additional assault rifles to Israel (see above on Colt).
General Dynamics
- The world's sixth largest weapons manufacturer, General Dynamics, supplies Israel with artillery ammunition and bombs for attack jets used in Israel’s assault on Gaza.
- The company developed the F-16 fighter jet, although it has been manufactured by Lockheed Martin since 1993.
- General Dynamics is the only company
in the U.S. that makes the metal bodies of the MK-80 bomb series, the
primary weapon type Israel uses to bomb Gaza. The bodies of the bombs
are filled with explosives by the U.S. military, and then can be made
into a guided bomb using Boeing's JDAM kits.
- It is also the only company
in the U.S. that makes 155mm caliber artillery shells, which have been
used extensively to attack Gaza. One source reported that, by Nov. 25,
one Israeli brigade fired some 10,000 such shells using BAE’s M109
howitzer.
- 155mm shells have been part of the U.S.’s recent weapons shipments to Israel. The U.S. is planning to send “tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells that had been destined for Ukraine” to Israel. Their use by Israel, according to Oxfam,
is “virtually assured to be indiscriminate, unlawful, and devastating
to civilians in Gaza.” On Nov. 13, more than 30 organizations issued a letter opposing the transfer.
- On an Oct. 25 call with investors, General Dynamics CFO, Jason Aiken, said,
“I think if you look at the incremental demand potential coming out of
[the attacks on Gaza], the biggest one to highlight and that really
sticks out is probably on the artillery side.”
- General Dynamics is based outside of Washington, D.C., in Fairfax, Virginia. For more locations, see this map.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
General Electric
- The world's 25th largest weapons manufacturer, General Electric manufactures T700 Turboshaft engines for Boeing’s Apache helicopters.
- GE is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)
- A large Israeli state-owned weapon manufacturer, Israel Aerospace Industries makes multiple weapons systems specifically for the Israeli military, including the Heron TP killer drone.
- On a Nov. 22 call with investors, IAI CEO, Boaz Levy, said
that Heron drones have “played a pivotal role” in Israel’s attacks on
Gaza, including in strike operations. In early October, Germany approved a request by Israel to use two Heron TP drones, manufactured by IAI, in its attacks on Gaza.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
L3Harris Technologies
- The world's ninth largest weapons manufacturer, L3Harris' components are integrated into multiple weapon systems used by the Israeli military in Gaza, including Boeing's JDAM kits (see above), Lockheed Martin’s F-35 warplane (see below), Northrop Grumman's Sa’ar 5 warships (see below), ThyssenKrupp's Sa’ar 6 warships (see below), and Israel's Merkava battle tanks.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
Leonardo
The world's
eleventh largest weapons manufacturer, Italian company Leonardo makes
the Oto Melara 76/62 Super Rapid 76mm naval guns installed on the
Israeli Navy's Sa'ar 6 warships, which were used for the first time on Oct. 16 against targets in Gaza.
Lockheed Martin
- The world’s largest weapons manufacturer, Lockheed Martin
supplies Israel with F-16 and F-35 fighter jets, which Israel has been
using extensively to bomb Gaza. Israel also uses the company’s C-130
Hercules transport planes to support the ground invasion of Gaza.
- Lockheed Martin manufactures AGM-114 Hellfire missiles for Israel’s
Apache helicopters. One of the main weapon types used in aerial attacks
on Gaza, these missiles have been used extensively in 2023. Some 2,000
Hellfire missiles were delivered to Israel sometime between Oct. 7 and Nov. 14.
- On Nov. 9, an Israeli missile hit journalists sitting near Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The missile was reportedly
a Lockheed Martin–made Hellfire R9X missile, a version of the Hellfire
that was developed by the CIA for carrying out assassinations. Instead
of exploding, the missile shreds its target using blades, allowing for a
direct hit without collateral damage. The target in this case was not a
military one.
- The Israeli military also uses Lockheed Martin’s M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). Used to fire Elbit Systems’ high-precision AccuLAR-122, the weapon was used by Israel for the first time, since the 2006 war in Lebanon, on Oct. 6, according to the Israeli military.
- On an Oct. 17 call with investors, Lockheed Martin CEO, Jim Taiclet, “highlighted the Israel and Ukraine conflicts as potential drivers for increased revenue in the coming years.”
- Lockheed Martin is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, and has key
production sites in Denver, Houston, New Orleans, and San Diego. For
more locations, see this map.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
MDT Armor (Shladot)
- MDT Armor, owned by Israeli company Shladot, makes the David Urban
Light Armored Vehicle, the standard patrol and reconnaissance vehicle
used by the Israeli military and routinely used in human rights
violations in the occupied West Bank.
- On Nov. 14, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) posted
evidence of the Israeli military using two David armored vehicles to
block an ambulance carrying a wounded Palestinian in the Tulkarm Refugee
Camp. The same day, the Israeli military used a David vehicle to attack Palestinian youth at the Zaatara military checkpoint near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
- A shipment of David vehicles was rushed
to Israel in Oct. 2023. The David is built on the basis of Toyota’s
Hilux and Land Cruiser pickup trucks and is retrofitted for the needs of
the Israeli military at MDT’s factory in Auburn, Alabama.
- For more information, see our company profile on the Investigate database.
Northrop Grumman
- The world's sixth largest weapons manufacturer, Northrop Grumman
supplies the Israeli Air Force with the Longbow missile delivery system
for its Apache attack helicopters and laser weapon delivery systems for
its fighter jets.
- It has also supplied the Israeli Navy with Sa'ar 5 warships, which have participated in the assault on Gaza.
- Northrop Grumman is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, and
its most important production sites are located in and around Baltimore,
Denver, Los Angeles, and San Diego. For more locations, see this map.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
Oshkosh
- A specialty truck manufacturer headquartered in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Oshkosh manufactures the hulls for the Eitan, Israel’s newest armored personnel carrier, which was used operationally for the first time in the ground invasion of Gaza.
- Oshkosh also makes the trucks that Israel converts into the Panther, an armored personnel carrier used extensively in the occupied West Bank.
- In October, Israel requested to purchase 75 Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicles for its 2023 attack on Gaza.
RTX (formerly Raytheon)
- The world's second largest weapons manufacturer and largest producer of guided missiles, RTX
supplies the Israeli Air Force with guided air-to-surface missiles for
its F-16 fighter jets, as well as cluster bombs and bunker busters,
which have consistently been used against Gaza's civilian population and
infrastructure.
- RTX subsidiary Pratt & Whitney manufactures engines for F-15 and F-16 fighter jets.
- As part of a joint venture with Israeli state-owned weapons
manufacturer Rafael, RTX makes interceptors for Israel’s Iron Dome air
defense system, which have been part of the U.S.’s recent weapons shipments to Israel.
- On an Oct. 24 call with investors, RTX CEO, Greg Hayes, said, “I think really across the entire Raytheon portfolio, you're going to see a benefit of this restocking.”
- RTX' is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more locations, see this map.
- For more information on this company (not including these latest developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database.
Skydio
A drone manufacturer headquartered in San Mateo, California, that has sent more than 100 short-range reconnaissance drones to the Israeli military, “with more to come.” These autonomous drones are used to navigate and produce 3D scans of buildings in “complex urban environments."
ThyssenKrupp
A German engineering company that built the Israeli Navy's four Sa'ar 6 warships, which were used for the first time on Oct. 16 against targets in Gaza.
Toyota
A Japanese auto
maker that manufactures the pickup trucks used by the Israeli military
as the basis for the David Urban Light Armored Vehicle (see MDT Armor
above).
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