“We will use all means at our disposal to prevent him from doing so.” This was said by Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (Likud), rejecting Elon Musk’s decision to ensure internet connections to recognized humanitarian NGOs via his SpaceX Starlink satellite system who operate in the Gaza Strip. According to Karhi, Musk should make these connections “conditional on the release of our hostages: babies, men, women, the elderly, everyone.” “Until then – he warned – our Ministry of Communications will cut all ties with Starlink,” the minister said on private television, Chapter 12. The Tesla owner’s decision came after the alarm raised by non-governmental organizations about the disruption of telecommunications and the Internet in the year of the Gaza Strip, caused by heavy Israeli bombing. “This information blackout – explained HRW employee Deborah Brown (the human rights organization Human Rights Watch) – risks serving as a cover for mass atrocities and contributing to impunity for human rights violations.” Starlink is the largest satellite constellation in the world and is headed by billionaire Elon Musk . It is capable of providing a satellite Internet connection anywhere, the so-called Internet Everywhere. The broadband system was developed by the space company SpaceX and is based on the use of approximately thousands of satellites orbiting our planet. Even after the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the owners of Twitter and Tesla decided to provide free access to the Internet service to all Kiev military departments involved in the resistance against the Russian army.
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