{"id":104931,"date":"2014-01-10T09:31:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T09:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dronewars.net\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2014-01-10T15:47:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T15:47:32","slug":"israel-and-the-drone-wars-new-briefing-from-drone-wars-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/israel-and-the-drone-wars-new-briefing-from-drone-wars-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel and the Drone Wars \u2014 New Briefing from Drone Wars UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drone Wars UK is today publishing a new briefing focusing on the use of drones by Israel, the only other country besides the US and the UK to have used armed drones.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/dronewarsuk.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/israel-and-the-drone-wars.pdf\">Israel and the Drone Wars: Examining Israel\u2019s production, use and proliferation of UAVs\u2019 <\/a>scrutinizes Israel\u2019s 40 years of military drone use, the devastating effects of drone operations in Gaza, and Israel\u2019s burgeoning drone exports.<\/p>\n<p>While its drone use is shrouded in secrecy \u2014 Israel has never publicly admitted to the use of armed drones \u2014 DWUK\u2019s research pieces together the evidence and describes the human cost to Palestinians living in what campaigners have characterized as a \u2018test zone\u2019 for drone warfare. Nader Elkhuzundar, for example, a Palestinian from Gaza interviewed by Drone Wars UK, tells of the fear instilled by the constant noise of drones flying overhead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dronewarsuk.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/israel-and-the-drone-wars.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5145 \" alt=\"Click to download\" src=\"http:\/\/dronewarsuk.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/idw_cover.jpg?w=700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click image to download<\/p>\n<p><i>Israel and the Drone Wars<\/i> also traces Israel\u2019s drone proliferation and reveals that Israel has exported drones or drone technology to many more countries than previously thought.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Dobbing, co-author of the report says \u201cOur research shows about 50 of the 76 countries known to have some form of military UAV capability have received drones or drone technology from Israel. Scratch any drone you\u2019ll likely find Israeli technology underneath.\u201d\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=dronewars.net&amp;blog=14117089&amp;%23038;post=5143&amp;%23038;subd=dronewarsuk&amp;%23038;ref=&amp;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drone Wars UK is today publishing a new briefing focusing on the use of drones by Israel, the only other country besides the US and the UK to have used armed drones. &lsquo;Israel and the Drone Wars: Examining Israel&rsquo;s production,&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/dronewars.net\/2014\/01\/10\/israel-and-the-drone-wars-new-briefing-from-drone-wars-uk\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=dronewars.net&amp;blog=14117089&amp;post=5143&amp;subd=dronewarsuk&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104931","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorials"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}