America’s Darkest Study Abroad Program
Since 9/11, US law enforcement has sent thousands of officers and millions of dollars to Israel, returning with new surveillance technologies and violent policing tactics to try out on American streets.
Over the past three decades, thousands of US law enforcement officials have visited Israel to train with the Israeli police, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and Shin Bet. The exchange transmits techniques of surveillance, repression, racial profiling, and more. It also yields lucrative contracts for Israeli companies to export their policing technologies from Gaza and […]