[muaytimbo]

The US sanctions Russian and Chinese companies it accuses of being vassals of the state. Why do we not do the same to Israeli companies? AIPAC.

Reminds me of this other article on HN: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2024-0...

Israeli propaganda bot networks deployed to influence lawmakers.

Israel is literally everything US politicians say they abhor in a foreign government.

[snakeyjake]

>Israel is literally everything US politicians say they abhor in a foreign government.

Israel is doing the same exact things the US would do to protect Raytheon, Northop Grumman, or Lockheed Martin under similar circumstances.

Pegasus is a weapon, a munition, and NSO is a defense contractor. NSO sells its weapons to friendly (and friendly-ish) states.

Someone trying to sue NSO is like an Iraqi trying to sue AMTEC Corporation for manufacturing the 40mm grenade that killed his innocent civilian father-- the US government ain't gonna let it happen without a fight.

Israel is doing the same.

edit: it's also kinda like someone trying to sue a lockpick manufacturer (or contract locksmith) for providing a product or service to the CIA

edit: not kinda, actually literally the same

[RIMR]

We helped create them, and we use them as a strategic base of operations inside of an ally country in the Middle East.

We built the architecture they use to exert influence over our lawmakers. There's significant sunken cost to disrupting that relationship, and Israel throws a huge fit whenever we fail to give them what they ask for.

[linearrust]

> Why do we not do the same to Israeli companies? AIPAC.

When the israeli leader can visit congress at his leisure and nearly everyone in congress claps at the israeli leader like trained seals, do we really have to ask?

Besides, it's illegal to boycott israeli companies in like 38 states.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws#/media/File:Anti...

All the nonsense about russia and china, the biggest threat to american freedom seems to be israel. And yet every politicians seems to be whoring for israel. Strange.

[hulitu]

> Why do we not do the same to Israeli companies?

Because they are our friends. /s