Israel is an armory of democracy

(JNS) — Israel devotes a larger proportion of its GDP to arms and security exports than any other country on Earth. That devotion makes it unique in another way. More than 80 percent of Israel’s arms exports support the world’s democracies, including small democracies that need to deter much larger tyrannical regimes.

By acting as these democracies’ armory and their intelligence shield, Israel plays an outsized role in the Western world’s defense against threats that become more palpable by the day. Israel is David confronting the world’s Goliaths—China, Russia and Iran.

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