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dark_mode ◴[] No.45375569[source]
> The decision has not affected Microsoft’s wider commercial relationship with the IDF, which is a longstanding client and will retain access to other services. The termination will raise questions within Israel about the policy of holding sensitive military data in a third-party cloud hosted overseas.

It's worth noting that even after finding out the "most moral" army is conducting mass surveillance, they're still happy to provide them services.

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tick_tock_tick ◴[] No.45377762[source]
Doesn't every army conduct "mass surveillance"? What do you think all those satellites with cameras are doing orbiting the planet?

Wouldn't the opposite be incredibly immoral? Attacking/bombing/etc without large scale surveillance would largely mean increased collateral damage.

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lordofgibbons ◴[] No.45377972[source]
Are you seriously equating observing an area using satellites with indiscriminately monitoring everyone's calls, messages, and possibly hacking their devices?
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holmesworcester ◴[] No.45378326{3}[source]
And not in a war zone, even. (West Bank is governed by Israel.)
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1. dragonwriter ◴[] No.45378375{4}[source]
The West Bank is occupied by Israel and Israel has overall control, but it is broken up into a whole bunch of tiny administrative regions, some of which are administered by the PA and some of which are administered directly by Israel.
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2. babu657 ◴[] No.45379415[source]
Gee i wonder what happens if Israel just let the west bank be. Wait…i know what will happen
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3. tguvot ◴[] No.45379892[source]
Rocket factories, like the one that was discovered week ago https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bjbqu9qolx
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