Antony Lowenstein's book examines how Israel uses its occupation of Palestine to test and export military hardware, surveillance software, and digital extraction tools globally. Israeli companies like Elbit Systems and Cellebrite market weapons as 'battle-tested' on Palestinians and sell surveillance software to over 140 countries, including those with embargoes, undermining democracy worldwide while profiting from global instability.
Human rights group B'Tselem published a report accusing Israel of systematically eliminating conditions for Palestinian collective life in the West Bank through violence, movement restrictions, economic strangulation, and ethnic cleansing. The report documents 1,107 Palestinian deaths since October 2023 and describes an accelerating process of displacement and fragmentation driven by Israeli state policy.