Albania’s Bet on Israel’s War Machine Has Blown Up In Its Face

Kernow Damo by Damien Willey

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Albania relies on tourism to the tune of 25% of its economy. So will building an arms factory for Israel there make it your next holiday pick or BDS target? Right, so Albania has picked one hell of a moment to wander into Israel’s arms trade, hasn’t it? But they very much have. A country that lives off ten million tourists a year has decided the smartest move, right in the middle of an ICJ genocide case, is to host a weapons plant for the state actually standing in the dock. You couldn’t make it up. They’re taking ATMOS howitzers, SPEAR mortars, tactical drones, a flight school, and a 5,000-square-metre production line underwritten by Israel’s own export insurer, and they’re acting like this is just another infrastructure project. It isn’t. It’s a political choice delivered with a straight face, because they’ve convinced themselves that if German ... 

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IsraelGazaKernow DamoGenocideElbit SystemsPalestineAlbania
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