From an interview is with Alik Cohen, who is the VP of Sales at the Israeli company #Sialynx (one of the many Israeli companies monetizing the skills and technology developed to maintain Israel’s apartheid regime and occupation), which develops communication products for security forces. Sialynx intended to participate in an arms exhibition #Eurosatory in Paris, France.
[…] “People in the industry, as opposed to ordinary people on the street, understand much better what the situation is. That is, within an exhibition like this, the support for Israel is very high. These are people who understand what is happening here, understand what we're dealing with, and many of them view us as the gateway to Europe, as the guardians protecting Europe."
When Europe's colonial history and interventions in the Middle East is considered, including the consequential role European powers played in establishing #Israel as a state on Palestinian land - an action that directly contributed to the displacement of more than 750,000 Palestinians and sowed the seeds for the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict - it becomes highly ironic for Israel to position itself as a "protector" of Europe against Middle Eastern turmoil. Might be cheaper for Europe to force Israel to end the occupation.