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by zaphirplane 2644 days ago
> Thank you! It’s widely accepted and known in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries that NSO is used by their dictators. Not sure why israel gov, the only democracy in that part of the world, is helping dictators by approving NSO to be sold to counties like Saudi Arabia, UAE and Mexico!! >

Let’s see A) they are selling a product

B) they are helping propping the stable status quo

C) do you really help a country by selling oppression tools to its dictatorship, most democratic countries have overtaken dictatorships in all metrics with one exception

D) getting good will from the current rulers and establishing cooperative relationships within multiple levels of those countries

E) good will and relationships can be exploited

At a guess anyway