The EU has given Israeli technology start-ups run by ex-IDF soldiers nearly half a billion euros in research grants since the start of the Gaza genocide. Some of the founders of these tech start-ups have served as reservists in Gaza, and in at least one instance the technology has been deployed to aid the genocide.
The EU’s Horizon Programme, described by the EU as ‘a scientific research initiative to develop a sustainable and liveable society in Europe’, has awarded 348 Israeli start-ups and research projects, many run by former IDF soldiers and intelligence officers, around €475 million euros since October 2023.
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