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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">UAE rewards Israeli firms that supplied arms for Gaza massacre</h1>
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<span class="gmail-field gmail-field-author"><a href="https://electronicintifada.net/people/tamara-nassar">Tamara Nassar</a></span> - November 19, 2021<br></div>
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<span><img src="https://electronicintifada.net/sites/default/files/styles/original_800w/public/2021-11/211119_-_gaza-uae.jpg?itok=txMWw_Co×tamp=1637319202" alt="Children stand in the rubble of a bombed building" title="" style="margin-right: 25px;" width="452" height="301"></span><p>Palestinian
children stand amidst the ruins of a neighborhood in Beit Hanoun,
northern Gaza Strip, destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in May 2021.</p><small>
<span>ActiveStills</span></small><p>The United Arab Emirates is rewarding Israeli arms makers that helped massacre Palestinians earlier this year.</p>
<p>Elbit Systems, which provided weapons for Israel’s <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/tags/may-2021-attack-gaza">May assault</a> on Gaza, is establishing a subsidiary: Elbit Systems Emirates.</p>
<p>“The Abraham Accords provide a sound basis for business collaborations in the region,” Ran Kril, an executive at Elbit Systems, <a href="https://elbitsystems.com/pr-new/elbit-systems-establishes-a-company-in-the-united-arab-emirates/">said</a>.</p>
<p>He is referring to the <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/tags/arab-normalization">normalization deals</a> brokered by the United States last year between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Morocco.</p>
<p>These countries are “important new markets for Elbit Systems,” Kril
said – an insight into how Israel views Arab states as profit centers
for its war industry.</p>
<p>Elbit boasted in an Arabic-language video showcasing its weapons that
its technology “improves efficiency and protects lives” – Orwellian
language from a company whose products have proven efficient at ending
Palestinian lives.
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<blockquote><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Elbit Systems establishes a subsidiary - Elbit Systems Emirates (ESE)<br>ESE
will foster long-term cooperation with the UAE Armed Forces, oversee
customization of solutions, lead TOT, and support educational programs
and jobs creation. <a href="https://t.co/NtwZq9Q1YO">https://t.co/NtwZq9Q1YO</a> <a href="https://t.co/EcOyhIv2co">pic.twitter.com/EcOyhIv2co</a></p>— Elbit Systems (@ElbitSystemsLtd) <a href="https://twitter.com/ElbitSystemsLtd/status/1459893727305023497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Elbit Systems was among more than a dozen Israeli arms manufacturers that participated in the Dubai Airshow this week.
<p>They included Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Rafael.</p>
<h2>“First AI war”</h2>
<p>These firms are among the leading suppliers of weapons used by Israel in its attacks against Palestinians.</p>
<p>This includes Israel’s 11-day war on Gaza in May, which left 250 Palestinians dead, including more than 60 children.</p>
<p>During the attack, Israel <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/families-obliterated-lives-destroyed/33386">annihilated entire families</a> in their homes.</p>
<p>Elbit Systems was “directly involved” in Israel’s assault, corporate watchdog Who Profits <a href="https://twitter.com/Who_Profits/status/1460254463978094592">said</a>.</p>
<p>The company is a major exporter of drones.</p>
<p>Elbit drones were used by the Israeli military during the assault,
and Elbit’s personnel also worked in an “operations room” of a new drone
unit – Unit 9900.</p>
<p>The unit operates two drone fleets: one to “inspect and collect
intelligence” and one to “attack targets” with the gathered data.</p>
<p>In other words, the Gaza Strip was effectively used as a testing
ground for “new artificial intelligence capabilities” developed by Elbit
“as part of a new military unit,” <a href="https://www.whoprofits.org/company/elbit-systems/">according</a> to Who Profits.
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<blockquote><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Thread- Elbit was
directly involved in Israel's onslaught on Gaza in May 2021, which left
at least 248 people dead and 1,900 injured. <a href="https://t.co/s3yEK3GQgY">pic.twitter.com/s3yEK3GQgY</a></p>— Who Profits (@Who_Profits) <a href="https://twitter.com/Who_Profits/status/1460254463978094592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The unit conducted over 30 operations, according to an Israeli general,
as part of an effort to “perfect the system” – an example of how Israel
routinely uses Palestinians as guinea pigs for the weapons it later
sells to other countries at a profit.
<p>“Use of these artificial intelligence capabilities led the military
to declare the onslaught on Gaza as the world’s ‘first AI war,’” the
watchdog said.</p>
<p>Who Profits <a href="https://twitter.com/Who_Profits/status/1460254476594520069">attributes</a>
the firm’s success to its relationship with the Israeli military, which
“enables Elbit to test its products in real-time and on Palestinian
bodies.”</p>
<p>Elbit regularly <a href="https://elbitsystems.com/pr-new/elbit-systems-to-showcase-full-suite-of-c4i-battlefield-management-systems-at-dsei/">markets</a>
its products as “battle-proven” – a euphemism for how those weapons
have been used to kill, injure and control virtually defenseless
Palestinians.</p>
<p>“It is also a golden marketing tool,” Who Profits said.</p>
<p>Elbit weapons were also used in Israel’s major offensive against Gaza in the summer of 2014.</p>
<p>That attack is part of the <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/tags/international-criminal-court">International Criminal Court’s investigation</a> into war crimes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The Israeli military killed an average of <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/balance-un-gaza-report-cant-hide-massive-israeli-war-crimes">11 Palestinian children per day</a> that summer.</p>
<h2>More deals</h2>
<p>The Dubai Airshow brought another military deal between two major Emirati and Israeli firms on Thursday.</p>
<p>EDGE, one of the largest military contractors in the UAE, has <a href="https://www.iai.co.il/edge-strategic-deal-with-iai-unmanned-surface-vessels">signed</a>
a memorandum of understanding with IAI to design and build unmanned
military and commercial ships – in other words naval drones.</p>
<p>The CEO of EDGE called it a “strategic alliance.”</p>
<p>The vessels will be used for intelligence gathering, surveillance, border operations and maritime warfare.</p>
<h2>Jordan embraces Israel tighter</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, Jordan is reaping the benefits of the Abraham Accords just as was <a href="https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/getting-israel-jordan-relationship-back-track">predicted</a> by Israel lobby observers.</p>
<p>Jordan, Israel and the UAE are set to sign a deal on Monday that will
see a solar farm built on Jordanian land to provide energy to Israel,
journalist Barak Ravid <a href="https://www.axios.com/israel-jordan-uae-huge-solar-farm-deal-45f39405-ef50-4a53-962b-882624a03f95.html">reported</a>.</p>
<p>John Kerry, the US climate envoy and former secretary of state,
brokered the deal, Ravid said, citing “five Israeli officials” without
naming them.</p>
<p>The UAE will fund the solar farm.</p>
<p>In return, Israel will supposedly build a desalination plant on the Mediterranean coast to provide Jordan with water.</p>
<p>Despite <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/jordan-israel-normalization-scheme-backfires-badly">cosmetic strains</a>
between Israel and Jordan in recent years, the relationship has,
according to Ravid, “improved significantly” since Naftali Bennett took
over as prime minister – even though Israel hasn’t changed any of its
policies.</p>
<p>This has included Jordan <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-photographer-spills-the-beans-jordan-flew-in-idf-aerial-drill/">secretly sending warplanes</a>
to train alongside the Israeli air force just months after Israel’s
massacre of civilians in Gaza. Jordanian air force leaders also recently
met with their Israeli and Emirati counterparts in Dubai.
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<blockquote><div dir="ltr" lang="en"><p>In a historic
meeting, Israel Air Force Commander Amikam Norkin met with senior air
force officers from the UAE and Jordan in Dubai. 🇮🇱 🇦🇪 🇯🇴</p><p>It was the first time that Israel was invited to participate in the Dubai International Air Chiefs’ Conference.<a href="https://t.co/L0cF6DZlob">https://t.co/L0cF6DZlob</a></p></div>— AJC in the Gulf (@AJCintheGulf) <a href="https://twitter.com/AJCintheGulf/status/1460343681509167110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p dir="ltr" lang="en">You didn't hear it from me, but looks like the Jordanians also took part in Blue Flag 2021. At least that is what <a href="https://twitter.com/Team_Luftwaffe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Team_Luftwaffe</a>'s photographer saw <a href="https://t.co/6cE93zSKWt">pic.twitter.com/6cE93zSKWt</a></p>— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) <a href="https://twitter.com/AAhronheim/status/1454047650169360392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Israel and Jordan <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/tags/wadi-araba-agreement">signed a peace treaty</a>
in 1994, despite there being no restoration of Palestinian rights or an
end to Israeli military occupation of the West Bank, including East
Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.
<p>But despite formal ties between the two countries, this has never translated into a so-called warm peace among people.</p>
<p>The treaty is strongly opposed by the Jordanian public and <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/jordanian-mps-challenge-unconstitutional-israel-gas-deal">members of parliament</a>, as is a US-backed <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/tags/israel-jordan-gas-deal">gas deal</a> that will see Jordan pay Israel at least <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/secret-israel-jordan-gas-deal-revealed/28501">$10 billion over 15 years</a> – money that will undoubtedly contribute to Israel’s ongoing oppression of Palestinians.</p>
<p>The Jordanian public and parliament have staunchly opposed the deal
since it was signed in 2016 and repeatedly called for its cancellation
through campaigns and protests.</p>
<p>However, the Jordanian official embrace of Israel continues to tighten without any regard for public opinion.</p> <h3>
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