Why Everyone Wants to Buy Military Hardware from Israel
Israel’s warfare solutions are part of a larger defense strategy that links it to the United States and involves key partners and allies in Asia, such as Australia and India.
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz flew to the United States in the wake of the war in Gaza. It was June 2 and Gantz left just as a new coalition government was in the process of being formed to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The chaos in Jerusalem with potential ministries changing hands was less important than shoring up Israel’s reserves of Iron Dome interceptors needed to confront rockets fired by Hamas, Hezbollah or other Iranian-backed groups. Gantz was going to the United States to seek up to $1 billion in emergency military financing.