US Hires ’Israeli’ Company to Retrofit Mexico Border Wall

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An "Israeli" military contractor, whose surveillance technology is used along the Zionist entity's apartheid wall constructed in the Palestinian West Bank, has been chosen by the United States to provide similar services on the southern border with Mexico, "Israeli" media reported on Wednesday.

Elbit Systems announced on Sunday that the US Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection [CBP] had awarded its subsidiary a $145 million contract to deploy border surveillance technology in southern Arizona, Reuters reported.

But according to Bloomberg analyst Brian Friel, quoted by "Israeli" newspaper Haaretz, the one-year contract could expand to a broader $1 billion deal if the US Congress passes stringent immigration legislation.

Elbit Systems is set to install watch towers along the border with sensors for spotting, tracking, and classifying data, along with command and control centers.
Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona hailed the deal as a "step in the right direction."
"Arizonans have been waiting more than a decade for the Department of Homeland Security to place the needed technology along our border to support the Border Patrol and fully secure our southern border," he said in a statement.

A government contractor said the choice of an "Israeli" firm was justified by of its "advanced" experience in maintaining separation barriers.
"It is odd to go offshore for this work, but in extraordinary circumstances, one really wants to employ the best," Haaretz quoted Mark Amtower, a partner at Amtower & Co, as saying.

Elbit Systems is one of the primary military suppliers of the "Israel's" occupation forces. Its Hermes 450 attack drone has been used extensively in the besieged Gaza Strip, as well as in Lebanon during the 2006 war.
The company is also responsible for surveillance technology along the apartheid wall erected by the Zionist entity within the West Bank.

The 440-kilometer long barrier is considered illegal under international law.
Among its many international contracts, Elbit contributed in 2013 to a $40 million expansive Internet surveillance program for the Nigerian government.
Elbit Systems has officially pledged on its website to "contribute to the enhancement of quality of life and the environment of the communities in which we live and work."

But this contribution mainly consists of supporting "Israeli" occupation forces through the "Adopt a Combat Unit" program.
The Stop the Wall campaign has called Elbit a "symbol" which "thrives on and fuels war, repression and control in Palestine and around the globe."
"Elbit offers its experience in ghettoizing and killing Palestinians to repress other people," the campaign wrote of the company's international projects.

"Because Elbit Systems is knowingly participating in and aiding "Israeli" war crimes and "Israeli" occupation of the Palestinian people, investors in and partners of the security firm are, by extension, accessories to "Israel's" many violations of international law and human rights standards."

Source: Al-Akhbar, Edited by website team