Ex-Israeli PM says Israel smuggled Starlink systems into Iran to aid protesters
Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday that Israel had secretly smuggled Starlink internet receivers into Iran to support anti-government protesters , but claimed the initiative was not fully pursued by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's government.
Speaking at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, Bennett said he had initiated a "process of acquiring and smuggling into Iran tens of thousands of Starlink receptors that would allow continuity of the internet and social networks".
Bennett said the devices were intended to help protesters communicate and organize, with the ultimate goal of challenging and potentially bringing down the Iranian government.
"Unfortunately, the current incompetent Israeli government stopped doing that," he said, as cited by Reuters.
"And when the protest happened, that infrastructure was not there."
Speaking at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, Bennett said he had initiated a "process of acquiring and smuggling into Iran tens of thousands of Starlink receptors that would allow continuity of the internet and social networks".
Bennett said the devices were intended to help protesters communicate and organize, with the ultimate goal of challenging and potentially bringing down the Iranian government.
"Unfortunately, the current incompetent Israeli government stopped doing that," he said, as cited by Reuters.
"And when the protest happened, that infrastructure was not there."
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