A nation can fuse military research, industry, army, and politics

Evidence

Furthermore, the effects of Israel’s technology and science have left an indelible mark on the promotion of violence around the world. Israel is one of the biggest arms exporters in the world, ranking as high as sixth from the top. “Israel invests more money in [military] research than most other countries—and in no other place are research institutes, the defense industry, the army and politics as interwoven.… The enormous role played by the military in society also plays a role. ‘The links between scientists, engineers and technology developers and the security situation in Israel is even more intertwined.’ ” This connection between science and violence can nowhere pass as a normal state of affairs, particularly in a colonial space whose ideological foundations rest on a salvation project in which the Jews are rescued from genocidal Germany and European racism. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 441

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the standing theme of the entanglement of science with power and violence, and to claims about the colonial structure of thought. — connects to: Hyphenated compounds fuse technology, politics, and military into a single bloc — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 396; Personnel rotation across military, political, academic, and corporate spheres sustains empire; US domestic security institutions integrate private fusion centers into empire
• QUESTION: The paradox Hallaq points to — that a nation founded as refuge from genocide becomes a top arms exporter to dictatorial regimes — deserves deeper investigation of how the salvation narrative reconciles itself with weapon export.