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Re:On Pegasus – NSO, Israel, and the World by rvp-x on Friday December 03, 2021 @03:24AM (#29427839)
They're "funding the israeli government/military" as much as a purchase from a US firm funds the US military - they're legally required to pay a tax and some of that money goes into the military.

Once released from the military these people have no additional obligation to pay for the military more so than people in more tame business - in fact, they might be seen as owed something for serving in the military, rather than the other way around.

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Re:On Pegasus – NSO, Israel, and the World by jongorer on Friday December 03, 2021 @04:04AM (#29428057)
Yes, this is why subsidiaries in the private sector are useful - when something goes terribly wrong with one, like it did with NSO, it doesn't implicate the whole of Israel/IDF - at least not explicitly.
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