Naftali Bennett, PM of Israel from 2021 to 2022, said on Tuesday, June 23rd, that Israel smuggled Starlink internet receivers into Iran.
Having anticipated that the regime in the Islamic Republic would impose a communications blackout if challenged, Bennett described how he initiated a
process of acquiring and smuggling into Iran tens of thousands of Starlink receptors that would allow continuity of the internet and social networks.
However, the ex-PM claims that “when the protest happened, that infrastructure was not there,” blaming his successors in office for not maintaining the operation.
Bennett was speaking at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem. Starlink provides satellite internet connections and is owned by Elon Musk‘s SpaceX.
