What are you talking about? The money doesn't go to the Israeli government, it goes to the private companies or individuals who applied for the grant. Are you saying that every single person and organization in this country invests any spare cash they've got on weapons?
NeatNit
joined 2 years ago
From the article linked by OP:
Weapons aren't really part of this.
Trying to parse your comment... Are you saying Europe invests in weaponry and surveillance, or Israel does? Is Israel the laboratory, as in, Europe is 'using' Israel to tests weapons?
I'm not really interested in this topic, but I don't think the programs talked about here are in those industries. Will have to check.
Okay, I found the answer:
https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-funding-opportunities/eic-accelerator_en
Who can apply?
Applicants from EU Member States and countries associated to the Horizon Europe programme:
...
For Horizon Europe, the easiest list to find is on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_Europe
In short, Israel is part of the program.
[Edit: all is clear now, see my other reply]
Speaking from Israel, I'm just as confused as you are. My best guess: Israel's reputation (before the war) as a "Start-Up Nation" was well earned, a lot of technology and innovation was happening here. Arguably still is (hard to tell with all the war stuff). So generally it made sense to invest in Israeli startups simply to advance technology in general.
But this is obviously an EU-centric program. All other countries listed are EU. So it's still weird.
Also, actual butt plugs. Yes, they can and they will slip inside to the point you can't get them out.
When I visited the US I was excited to see squirrels running around. We don't have squirrels where I'm from. We took pictures.
It must have looked like we were excited to witness a cloud in the sky.
Oh, I hate a lot about Android/Google too. One particular pet peeve of mine is that WebAPKs are still exclusive to Chrome (and, on Samsung devices only, Samsung Internet) despite the FAQ promising that "We are working on it. We are committed to making this available to all browsers on Android and we will have more details soon." (Last updated 2017-05-21)
There is no good option in smartphones, you have to choose the lesser evil. For me that's Android. I can appreciate that for some people it would be iOS. What drives me up a wall is that people defend these awful practices.
It was just a snarky comment. Apple does a lot of things well. I just find their anticompetitive practices deplorable.
I'm pretty happy up here on the surface to be honest.
2 years? That's 5 months of hair growth, tops!
Then again she could have gotten any number of haircuts in the meantime so I'll allow it.