The UK is reportedly poised to sign a £2bn ($2.69bn) contract with Israel’s largest arms manufacturer that would see it train 60,000 British soldiers a year.

Elbit Systems provides around 85 percent of Israel’s drones and land-based military equipment, and has played a major role in supplying Israel with weaponry for its genocide in Gaza.

Private Eye reported this week that the company’s British arm, Elbit Systems UK, is close to winning a major contract that would make it a “strategic partner” of Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD).

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    Sorry, am I missing something? Don’t the Army train their soldiers themselves? They’re literally training Ukrainian recruits and special forces and have a proven track record in training other forces so why do we now suddenly have to rely on 3rd party contractors to do it?

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      The word you are looking for is corruption.

      People need to start reading between the lines and calling this vermin out for what it is. British regime whores are giving away money to Israeli corpos because Israeli corpo paid for the contract.

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        It could also be a case of the Israeli gov’s mafia-grade quid pro quo — same as the USA — with Israeli lobbyists threatening to target politicians who vote against Israels financial interests.

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          No doubt but most of the time… Its just regime whores doing it for money.

          But yeah, the ones with shred of dignity will be pressured with more traditional means

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      Maybe it’s related to practical use of tech like drones and such that they might’ve expertise in since they actively monger war with their neighbours and have fresh experience with using advanced weapons to commit war crimes?