28 OCTOBER 2023
Israel intends to stop cooperation with the Starlink project of the American company SpaceX after the statement of the company’s owner, Elon Musk, that Starlink will provide satellite communications for humanitarian organisations in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Elon Musk on Twitter (X); Shlomo Karhi, Israeli Communications Minister on Twitter
Details: On Saturday 28 October, Musk said that Starlink will provide communications for internationally recognised humanitarian organisations in Gaza.
After that, Shlomo Karhi, Israeli Communications Minister, said the ministry would sever any ties with Starlink.
Quote from Karhi: “HAMAS will use it for terrorist activities. There is no doubt about it, we know it, and Musk knows it. HAMAS is ISIS.
Perhaps Musk would be willing to condition it (providing communications to the Gaza Strip – ed.) with the release of our abducted babies, sons, daughters, elderly people. All of them! By then, my office will cut any ties with Starlink.”
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Bad move by Israel. To retaliate against humanitarian measures is simply wrong. I’m not a Musk fan at all, but he did right on this occassion.
How is the muskrat’s decision to provide Starlink in Gaza a humanitarian measure?