Britain and Israel will sign a 10-year defense and trade pact in London on Monday, promising cooperation on issues such as cybersecurity and a shared commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
The deal was announced by Liz Truss, Israeli foreign minister and counterpart Yair Lapid, although there is evidence that spyware made by the Israeli company NSO Group may have been used to spy on the two laws. British monk who mentored the ex-wife of the ruler of Dubai, Princess Haya.
In a joint article in the Daily Telegraph, Truss and Lapid said the deal is “a new strategic plan for the next decade that covers networking, technology, commerce and defence”, while the two countries will “Working day and night to contain Iran. the regime ever became a nuclear power”.
The ministers added that the two countries would “work more closely” to defend themselves in cyberspace, while Israel would become a tier one cyber partner for the UK and gain greater access to UK market. “Our partnership will help us stay at the forefront of the technology revolution,” added Truss and Lapid.
Just over a week ago, Priti Patel, Home Secretary, announced that the UK would remove the political wing of the Palestinian political group Hamas, bringing the UK in line with the US and EU. “Hamas is basically a fundamentalist and a madman,” Patel said in a statement in Washington DC.
But it comes after a British court ruled that NSO’s Pegasus spyware was used against divorce lawyer Lady Shackleton and an associate, at a time when they were advising Princess Haya. in an ongoing battle to protect children in Britain.
British complaints at the time were relatively muted, although sources close to the company said it had changed its software to prevent UK +44 numbers from being tracked once. Again. NSO’s technology has since been blacklisted by the United States, citing that regimes around the world use the company’s software for “transnational repression.”
Meanwhile, talks with Iran on saving the 2015 nuclear deal restarted on Monday in Vienna after a five-month pause, although there is little hope of a breakthrough that would allow the United States to rejoin the deal requested by Tehran to negotiate.
However, in the foreign ministers’ joint statement, Britain sought to reassure Israel that it would continue to be vigilant on the issue. “We will also work day and night to prevent the Iranian regime from becoming a nuclear power. The clock is ticking, which increases the need to work closely with our partners and friends to thwart Tehran’s ambitions,” Truss and Lapid said.
