Manja Omwe Ali Ndi Magazi a Canada-Israel Drone Warfare Relationship

ndi Matthew Behrens, Chiwembu, May 28, 2021

M'modzi mwamasewera ovuta m'matumbo kuyambira zaka makumi anayi aku Israel akuukira Gaza, ana anayi omwe anali kusewera pagombe anali anaphedwa mu 2014 pomenyedwa ndi ma drone aku Israeli. Disembala watha, Canada mwakachetechete kugula kuchokera kwa opanga zida zankhondo aku Israeli Elbit Systems ndalama zokwana $ 36-miliyoni, m'badwo wotsatira wa ma drones omwe akhudzidwa ndi kupha kumeneku.

Drone ya Hermes 900 yomwe Canada ikugula ndi mtundu waukulu kwambiri komanso wopitilira muyeso wa Hermes 450, kuwukira mlengalenga komanso kuyang'anira komwe kunkagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi gulu lankhondo laku Israeli kulimbana mwadala ndi anthu ku Gaza panthawi yakuukira kwa Israeli ku 2008-2009, malinga ndi Human Rights Watch. Ma drones oterewa aku Israeli akhala akugwiritsidwa ntchito mosalekeza ku Gaza, onse akuyang'ana anthu omwe ali pansipa kenako ndikuwaphulitsa bomba kuyambira nthawi imeneyo.

Pakhala pakuwunikidwa kwambiri pa ubale womwe ukukula ku Canada ndi makampani omenyera nkhondo aku Israeli mwezi watha, ngati gulu lankhondo laku Israeli - lomwe lili pa nambala 20 mu Ndondomeko Yowunikira Moto Padziko Lonse ndipo ali ndi zida zosachepera 90 - Gaza wopunduka wopanda masiku 11 kuphulitsa bomba omwe amalimbana ndi zipatala, masukulu, misewu, nyumba, ndi magetsi.

Drone ya Elbit Systems Hermes yomwe Canada idagula idalengezedwa kwambiri ngati "nkhondo yotsimikizika" motsutsana ndi anthu aku Palestina ku Gaza mu 2014, pomwe 37 peresenti ya ovulala aku Palestina adalumikizidwa ndi ziwonetsero za drone. Panthawiyo, Amnesty International adatsutsidwa Asitikali aku Israel omwe achititsa milandu yankhondo pomenyera nkhondo Gaza nthawi yachitatu pasanathe zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi. Amnesty idatinso a Hamas pazinthu zomwe ati zimakhudzanso milandu yankhondo.

Anthu aku Palestine akhala akuteteza anthu ngati zida zowopsa zankhondo yaku Israeli. Monga wamkulu wamagulu achi Israeli "ukadaulo ndi momwe zimayendera" Avner Benzaken adanena Der Spiegel patangopita nthawi yochepa kuphedwa kwa Apalestina 2,100 mu 2014:

"Ngati ndikupanga chinthu ndikufuna kuchiyeza kumunda, ndiyenera kupita pamtunda wamakilomita asanu kapena 10 ndipo ndimatha kuyang'ana ndikuwona zomwe zikuchitika ndi zida. Ndimalandila mayankho, chifukwa chake zimapangitsa kuti chitukuko chikhale mwachangu komanso moyenera. ”

Anthu aku Canada aku Justice ndi Mtendere ku Middle East akhala akulimbikitsa Unduna wa Zoyendetsa ndi Woyimira Ufulu Omar Alghabra kuti athetse mgwirizano wa Elbit drone, akufuna kudziwa chifukwa chake dziko la Canada lipindulitsa kampani yomwe ikuwonekeratu kuti ikupha anthu aku Palestina komanso kuwonongeka kwa Gaza.

Elbit Systems ndi amodzi mwamphamvu kwambiri kupanga zida zankhondo ku Israeli, koma chuma chake chakhala chopanda phindu posachedwa, ndi CEO Bezhalel Machlis kulira chakuti "Elbit akadali ndi vuto la mliri wa COVID-19 chifukwa palibe ziwonetsero za ndege zowonetsera zida zake."

Mapepala oyenera atha kusintha, komabe, chifukwa cha kuwonetsa kwaposachedwa kwamphamvu zawo pomenyera anthu aku Gaza. Poyeneradi, Magazini ya Forbes is akuyesa kale momwe zida zatsopano zankhondo zidasewera pomenyedwako pomwe amalonda akuyang'ana kubetcha kwina kopindulitsa kunkhondo; kuyerekezera koyambirira kukuwonetsa kuwonjezeka kwa 50 mpaka 100% pakuphulitsidwa kwa bomba kwa Israeli pakuphedwa kwa 2014.

Malire a malire a Elbit

Monga mafakitale ambiri ankhondo, Elbit amadziwikanso ndi anaziika ndi "chitetezo chamalire," ndi $ 171 miliyoni pamgwirizano wopatsa akuluakulu aku US zida zopewera othawa kwawo kuwoloka malire ndi Mexico, ndi mgwirizano wa xenophobic Fortress Europe $ 68 miliyoni yoletsa othawa kwawo kuwoloka nyanja ya Mediterranean.

Modzidzimutsa, Elbit amapereka zida zomangamanga zowunikira khoma lamalire aku Israeli. Mu 2004, Khothi Lachilungamo Lapadziko Lonse apezeka khoma likhala loletsedwa, lati lipasulidwe, komanso kuti ma Palestina omwe nyumba zawo ndi mabizinesi awo adabedwa chifukwa anali panjira yoti akhomeredwe. Khomalo, kumene, limayimirabe.

Pomwe boma la Trudeau limadziona ngati nyale yolemekeza malamulo apadziko lonse komanso ufulu wachibadwidwe, kugula kwa drone kwa Elbit sikukuwoneka bwino. Komanso sikuti mu 2019, Israeli ndiye anali wamkulu wolandila zida zatumiza zida kuchokera ku Global Affairs Canada, ndi Kuvomerezeka kwa 401 muukadaulo wankhondo pafupifupi $ 13.7 miliyoni.

Popeza Trudeau adasankhidwa ku 2015 $ Miliyoni 57 pomenya nkhondo yankhondo ku Canada yaperekedwa ku Israel, kuphatikiza $ 16 miliyoni pazinthu zophulitsa bomba. Mu 2011, Kunyanyala kwa Palestina, Kupatukana, Sanctions National Committee akuitanidwa chiletso chankhondo motsutsana ndi Israeli chofanana ndi chomwe chidaperekedwa motsutsana ndi tsankho ku South Africa.

Mwinanso kuthana ndi kununkhira kwa nkhondo ya Drone, Disembala watha kugula kwa Elbit chida cha Elbit adalumikizidwa powunikira anthu zokomera anthu, chuma chobiriwira, ndipo, mwina motopetsa kwambiri, kulemekeza ulamuliro wa Amwenye. Anita Anand, minisitala wantchito zaboma ndi zogula, kenako nduna yoyendera a Marc Garneau adalengeza za mgwirizano ngati mwayi "wosunga madzi aku Canada otetezeka, ndikuwunika kuwonongeka kwa madzi."

Ngati izi sizabwino kwenikweni, kutulutsaku kunanenanso kuti asanagule, "Transport Canada idagwirizana ndi magulu azikhalidwe ku North North ku Canada," ngakhale sizikudziwika (popeza Canada yalephera kwathunthu kuchita nawo ufulu waulere , m'mbuyomu, ndi chidziwitso chodziwitsidwa) ndi ndani amene adatenga foni kuti Canada akuwuluka drone m'malo akuba ndi madzi. Panalibe chododometsa chachikulu kuti dziko lokhalamo atsamunda likugula ma drones kuti ayang'anire malo obedwa ndi madzi ochokera kudziko lina lokhalamo atsamunda lomwe limagwiritsa ntchito ma drones omwewo kuti akazonde ndikuphulitsa anthu omwe ali mndende omwe malo awo ndi madzi awo adabanso.

Kuletsa kugula kwa drone

Kukhala chete kwa Minister Alghabra pankhaniyi sizosadabwitsa, popeza akuvomereza kuti akuvomereza $ 15 biliyoni yaku Canada kugulitsa zida Saudi Arabia ndikukana kulowa nawo aphungu a 24 Liberal ndi NDP ndi masenema omwe onse pamodzi wotchedwa ku Canada kuti akhazikitse chilango ku Israeli mu kalata yochititsa chidwi ya Meyi 20 yopita kwa Trudeau. Zowonadi, m'masiku 11 aliwonse a bomba la Israeli, Alghabra adatseka zomwe adalemba pa Twitter kuti anene zamphepo, chitetezo cha njanji, ndi anodyne cheerleading chifukwa cha katemera wa mliri.

Pomwe MP yemwe amadzinyadira kupereka "Anthu okhala mwamphamvu pankhani zam'deralo komanso mdziko lonse amabisala, ziyenera kukhala zovuta kuti Alghabra anyalanyaze kuti anthu opitilira 10,000 ali adamutumizira imelo kutsutsa kugula kwa drone.

Kungakhale kanthawi kochepa kuti Ottawa akakamizidwe kuyankha. Kukakamizidwa pagulu kwatenga gawo lofunikira pakusuntha ndi kupatukana kwa Elbit Systems kwazaka zopitilira khumi. Mu 2009, bungwe la Norway Pension Fund anati kukhala ndi magawo ku Elbit Systems "kumabweretsa chiopsezo chosavomerezeka chothandizira kuphwanya malamulo akuluakulu chifukwa chothandizidwa ndi kampani pakumanga kwa Israeli malo olekanirana" ku West Bank. Kenako nduna yazachuma yaku Norway Kristin Halvorsen analengeza, "Sitikufuna kupatsa ndalama makampani omwe amathandizira kuphwanya malamulo apadziko lonse lapansi."

Kumapeto kwa 2018, chimphona chachikulu chamabanki padziko lonse HSBC zatsimikiziridwa kuti idachotsedwa kwathunthu ku Elbit Systems patatha chaka chimodzi chokomera. Izi zidatsata a kupatukana kofananako kuchokera ku Barclays ndi AXA Investment Managers, omwe adatsutsa kuti kampaniyo ipanga mabomba am'magulu ndi phosphorous yoyera ndipo idatulutsanso magawo ake ambiri. Mu February 2021, a Thumba la Pension la East Sussex inadzichotsanso yokha.

Panthawiyi, a pempho kuti EU ileke kugula kapena kubwereketsa ma drones aku Israeli akupitilizabe kukula; Okonzekera ku Australia akuyesetsanso kuthetsa boma Mgwirizano ndi Elbit Systems; ndi omenyera ufulu wachifuko aku US nawonso kutsutsa Udindo wamakampani ngati Elbit pakupititsa patsogolo malire.

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa akuti ngakhale Newfund Superfund idachotsa magawo ake a Elbit ku 2012, asitikali akupitiliza kugula zida zankhondo ku kampani yaku Israel. Makamaka, asitikali aku Australia adatero anaganiza m'njira yopanda tanthauzo kuti athetse kugwiritsa ntchito njira yoyendetsera nkhondo yopangidwa ndi Elbit chifukwa akuwona kuti kampaniyo ikulipiritsa kwambiri.

Kuchita mwachindunji kumabungwe a Elbit kwakhala kukuyang'ana kwa omwe akuchita kampeni yaku UK, omwe Tsekani patsiku fakitale yaku UK Elbit koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, yomwe ndi gawo lazampikisano wazaka zambiri mogwirizana ndi anthu aku Gaza. Mamembala a Palestine Action aku UK omwe adathira utoto wofiira womwe umatanthauza magazi pamakampani othandizira a Elbit aku UK nawonso anamangidwa koyambirira kwa chaka chino malinga ndi malamulo olimbana ndi uchigawenga aku UK, ndikuwukira komwe kuli nyumba za arrestees

Izi zakhala zothandiza kwambiri kotero kuti nduna yakale ya Israeli pankhani zachuma Orit Farkash-Hacohen akuti adauza Nduna Yowona Zakunja ku Britain a Dominic Raab kuti ali ndi nkhawa ngati makampani aku Israel ngati Elbit apitiliza kuchita bizinesi ku UK ngati angatsutsidwe motere.

Makampani aku Canada omwe ali ndi magazi okhaokha

Mtumiki Alghabra akadapeza msana ndikuletsa mgwirizano wa Israeli Elbit, mosakayikira angayesere ndikusandutsa "nkhani yabwino ku mafakitale aku Canada" popeza pali makampani ambiri mdziko muno omwe ali kale ndi bizinesi yabwinoko yankhondo.

Pomwe kampani ina ya Elbit ku Canada, GeoSpectrum Technologies, imagwiradi ntchito pazinthu zankhondo zaku drone kuchokera kumaofesi ake ku Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, mtsogoleri wazaka zambiri wazankhondo zaku Canada zaku drone ndi Burlington, L-3 Wescam waku Ontario (omwe zida zake za drone zimakhudzidwa nthawi zambiri pamsonkhanowu za milandu yankhondo, monga zalembedwera Nyumba osati Mabomba ndipo posachedwapa, ndi Mapulala a Ntchito).

Nthawi yomweyo, L-3 Wescam ndiwonso wosewera wofunikira pamagulu odziwika bwino aku Canada-Israeli kuti akalandire madola okwana $ 5 biliyoni pogula zida zankhondo zankhondo ku Canada. "Gulu Artemi”Ndi mgwirizano wapakati pa L3 MAS (kampani yothandizidwa ndi Mirabel ya L3Harris Technologies, yomwe imakhalanso ndi zida zopangira ma drone L-3 Wescam) ndi Israel Aerospace Industries.

Ndikupangira zomwe amatcha mtundu waku Canada wa Israeli Heron TP drone. Heron adagwiritsa ntchito kwambiri nthawi Opaleshoni Ndikutsogolera motsutsana ndi Gaza mu 2008-2009, gulu lina la milandu yankhondo yomwe idapangitsa kupha anthu aku Palestine oposa 1,400. Canada pambuyo pake lendi ma drones "otsimikiziridwa ndi nkhondo" oti agwiritsidwe ntchito ku Afghanistan mu 2009.

Malinga ndi mbiri ya ma drones omwe akufuna mu Ndemanga ya Chitetezo ku Canada, Asitikali aku Canada ku Afghanistan adachita chidwi ndi ma drones, pomwe a MGen (Ret'd) a Charles "Duff" Sullivan adakankha kuti: "Kugwiritsa ntchito kwa Heron ku zisudzo kunapereka chidziwitso ndi maphunziro," komanso MGen (Ret'd) Christian Drouin akuwombera "Heron [ngati] chinthu chofunikira kwambiri m'nkhondo yanga."

Ma drones otere amadziwika kuti kutalika kwa kutalika kwa kutalika (MALE), kwinakwake mosazolowera kudziwa kuti akazembe ambiri amakumana ndi nsanje kwambiri ndipo pafupifupi chilichonse chankhondo chimakhala ndi dzina lomwe limawonetsa kufooka kwamwamuna.

Lingaliro laku Canada-Israeli Team Artemis likuwonetseratu kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwa injini zopanga mahatchi 1,200 zopangidwa ku Canada a Pratt & Whitney Turbo-Prop PT6 ndipo akuyembekezeka kuwuluka maola opitilira 36 kumtunda mpaka 45,000 mapazi. Limalonjezanso "kuyanjana" ndi magulu ankhondo ena, omwe ali ndi kuthekera "kopatula" komwe kuli kofunikira "kachitidwe kouluka kuchokera kuzanzeru ndi zida zankhondo."

Popeza ma drones atenga mbali yayikulu pakuzonda, Team Artemis ikulonjeza kuti gulu lake lanzeru lidzagawidwa pakati pa Five Eyes Alliance (Canada, US, UK, New Zealand ndi Australia).

Cholinga cha Israeli chotsimikiziridwa ndi Canada ku drone

Pomwe Canada ikulira za kugwiritsa ntchito ma drones pazinthu zankhondo, drone iyi imabwera ndikukonzekera ndi "poyimilira muyezo wa NATO BRU wokhoza kukhala ndi zolipira zingapo," kutamanda pachikwama chomwe chimanyamula mapaundi a 2,200.

Ovuta mokhudzana ndi gawo loyesa Israeli ku Palestina, Ndemanga ya Chitetezo ku Canada imatsimikizira omwe akufuna kugula kuti "nsanja ya Artemis 'Heron TP ndiyotsimikizika. Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo Laku Israeli (IAF) lidayendetsa ndege zaku Heron TP UAV kwa masauzande masauzande kuyambira 2010 ndipo yakhala ikugwiridwa kwambiri munthawi zankhondo. ” Imasiya bwino mayina a anthu aku Palestine omwe akhala akutumizidwa ndi amishonale awo.

Monga kuti chitsimikizo sichinali chokwanira, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Israeli Aerospace Industries Moshe Levi akuti:

“Team Artemis imapatsa Canada [drone] wokhwima, woopsa omwe ali ndi ukadaulo wapamwamba; malingana ndi cholowa ndi zochitika za makasitomala onse a Heron TP, kuphatikizapo [Israeli Air Force]. ”

Anthu a Team Artemis akuwonanso kuti, kuphatikiza pachinsinsi cha ubale wapagulu wa ma drones omwe akugwiritsidwa ntchito kuzindikira moto wamatchire, athandizanso asitikali aku Canada "kupereka chitetezo chokwanira pamisonkhano yapadziko lonse lapansi ndi zochitika zina zapadera zachitetezo, ndikuthandizira kukhazikitsa malamulo ntchito malinga ndi momwe zikufunira. ”

Mwanjira ina, ma drones omwe adadutsa ziwonetsero zaku Black Lives Matter ku US chilimwe chatha adzagwiritsanso ntchito chimodzimodzi motsutsana ndi otsutsana mdziko lotchedwa Canada, ndipo mosakayikira adzakhala ofunikira kwambiri m'malo "akutali" komwe otetezera nthaka ndi madzi Kuyesera kupewa kuwukira kwina kwa madera awo olamulira.

Ngati Team Artemis ipambana pempholi, ma drones adzasonkhanitsidwa ndi MAS m'malo awo a Mirabel, omwe kwa zaka makumi atatu agwira ntchito kuwonetsetsa kuti ndege zophulitsa ndege za Canada CF-18 zili timbewu tonunkhira komanso mpaka kugwetsa bomba.

Monga CTV inanena koyambirira kwa mwezi uno, Canada ikufunafuna zopempha zaboma zankhondo ya drone kugwa uku, ndi malingaliro okhazikitsa malo ophunzitsira nkhondo yankhondo ku Ottawa. Sipanakhale zokambirana pagulu pamalingaliro amtunduwu, zomwe zitha kuchititsa Canada kukhala wosewera nawo pagulu lamayiko lomwe likugwiritsa ntchito ma drones kuti aphedwe, kuponya zida za Hellfire, ndikuwunika madera akumalire, mwa zina.

CTV yowonjezera:

"Boma ndi asitikali ati ndege zomwe sizinayende zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito poyang'anira ndi kusonkhanitsa anzeru komanso kuponyera zipolopolo kuchokera mlengalenga pa magulu ankhondo m'malo omwe avomerezedwa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu. Boma lanenanso zochepa pazochitika zomwe zingagwiritse ntchito mphamvu, kuphatikiza ngati atha kuphedwa. Akuluakulu anena kuti agwiritsidwa ntchito mofanana ndi zida wamba monga ndege zomenyera nkhondo komanso zida zankhondo. ”

Ayi kwa ma drones ankhondo, nthawi

Kukhala chete mu nthawi ino ndikupandukira iwo omwe magazi awo amapangidwa ndi ma drones, omwe ambiri amakhala ku Gaza ndipo ambiri mwa iwo ndi ana. Sabata yatha, Secretary-General wa UN António Guterres adalengeza kuti: "Ngati kuli gehena padziko lapansi, ndiye miyoyo ya ana ku Gaza."

Guterres nayenso:

"[P] adawonetsa chithunzi chowopsa cha zomangamanga zomwe zawonongeka ku Gaza, njira zodutsa, kusowa kwa magetsi komwe kumakhudza kupezeka kwa madzi, nyumba mazana ndi nyumba zowonongedwa, zipatala zosowa komanso anthu zikwi zambiri aku Palestine alibe pokhala. 'Nkhondoyo… yakakamiza anthu opitilira 50,000 kusiya nyumba zawo ndi kukabisala ku UNRWA (bungwe lothandizira anthu othawa kwawo ku Palestine) ku UNRWA, mzikiti, ndi malo ena omwe alibe madzi, chakudya, ukhondo kapena chithandizo chamankhwala.' ”

Momwe anthu aku Gaza akuwonera nkhondo yomaliza posachedwa pomenya nkhondo ndikudandaula za ziwopsezo zomwe zikubwerazi - zomwe asitikali aku Israeli akuti "ndikutchetcha udzu" - anthu mdziko lino atha kutha kuti zida zonse zaku Canada zotumiza ku Israel, akunenetsa pothetsa kugula kwa drone kwa Elbit Systems, ndikutseka lingaliro lililonse lakumanga gulu lankhondo lankhondo laku Canada.

Lisanaperekedwe tsiku ladziko lokonzedwa ndi Nyumba osati Mabomba, omwe amatsutsana ndi kugula kwa drone kwa Israeli Elbit atha kupanga imelo ndi chothandiza chida chamakono zoperekedwa ndi anthu aku Canada za Mtendere ndi Chilungamo ku Middle East.

A Matthew Behrens ndi wolemba pawokha komanso wothandizira milandu pazachikhalidwe omwe amalumikiza ma Homes not Bombs osachita zachiwawa. Wakhala akugwira ntchito limodzi ndi mipherezero ya "chitetezo chadziko" yaku Canada komanso US kwazaka zambiri.

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