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I dug into the Israeli entities that have received EU funding. Here’s what I found - www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
Embarrassing
I dug into the Israeli entities that have received EU funding. Here’s what I found - www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
The European Investment Bank has also extended loans to two entities that are on a UN database of companies that provide services to illegal Israeli settlements. This is particularly relevant because of the July 2024 ICJ ruling bsky.app/profile/naom...
All states and international organisations are “under an obligation not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the situation created by Israel’s illegal presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” and to “ensure compliance by Israel with international humanitarian law” according to ICJ
A remarkable investigation with utterly infuriating findings. Major European outlets should pick this up and demand answers from their respective countries' leaders
I dug into the Israeli entities that have received EU funding. Here’s what I found - www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
Greek defence company Intracom became a subsidiary of state owned Israel Aerospace Industries in 2023 midway though being a grant recipient on a bunch of European Defence Fund projects, and continued to win grants into 2025 including for drone development www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
F2 Venture Capital says on its website that Regulus’ GPS Ring system, a drone-repelling technology, “emerged as a go-to solution” in Israel’s war with Hamas and that Regulus’s technology was used “extensively” in the so-called 12-day war this June with Iran www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
The European Investment Fund, part of the EIB, invests in startups by giving funding to investors like Israel’s F2 Venture Capital, which has received €7.55mln and €15mln in two deals. One of its top startups is cybersecurity firm Regulus, which F2 launched in 2017 www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
MediWound won €16.25 million in EIC funding in July 2024 consisting of a €2.5 million grant plus equity investment. It developed a battlefield burn treatment for the US Army which is now used by the IDF, and its stock has risen 72.5% during the Gaza siege www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
Various Israeli startups that won EU funding and equity investment make dual use technology related to microchips - the kind of thing the EU has imposed export controls on when it comes to Russia. Some are explicit about the security applications on their websites www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
LightSolver (awarded €2.5 million EIC grant and €10 million in EIC equity funding, 2024) has done work for an unnamed aerospace manufacturer according to its website www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Money has continued to flow to military tech firms since siege of Gaza in 2023
