These manufactured scandals become instruments of blackmail, leveraged to extract political concessions, including normalisation, security agreements, or the quieting of public opinion.
Israel’s advanced technology and security sector, most notably systems, such as the Pegasus spyware, create a dangerous dependency.
Security systems are not immune.
The potential to poison the algorithms that control energy distribution means electricity or vital services could be disrupted at any moment as a form of political pressure.
It is economic pressure exerted at a distance, silent and devastating.