Netanyahu: Israel needs its own weapons industry

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel needs to create an "independent weapons industry" that can "withstand international constraints".

His comments follow worldwide pressure from civil society for governments to stop sending weapons to Israel, in light of its genocide in Gaza.

In the US, even Israel's most far-right supporters have begun asking questions about the $3bn a year Washington sends Tel Aviv in cutting edge defence technology, and wondering how that could be better spent domestically instead.