On September 15, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the U.S. Congressional delegation, he expressed confidence regarding Israel's international isolation: "Even if external supplies of parts and components stop, Israel can be self-reliant."
He suddenly turned around and asked the U.S. lawmakers present: “Do you have a cell phone? in fact, the cell phone in your hands is part of Israel.”This speech quickly sparked a global wave of waves, many interpreting it as evidence that Israel could manipulate global mobile devices.
Netanyahu’s controversial remarks appear during a sensitive period of international isolation in Israel.In recent years, Israeli military operations in Gaza have provoked public anger and have frequently attacked Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and other countries.
The international community has reacted strongly: France, the Netherlands and other countries suspended arms sales to Israel; the U.S. government has interrupted bomb deliveries; many countries are planning to recognize Palestine in the United Nations.
Netanyahu wanted to demonstrate Israel’s technological strength and economic resilience, and even promised to develop an independent military industry, and boasted that the Israeli stock market is the strongest in the world to attract investment.
Netanyahu’s remarks immediately reminded us of a series of speaker and speaker explosions in Lebanon in September 2024. Hezbollah in Lebanon suffered heavy losses, and later Netanyahu acknowledged that this was the “masterpiece” of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad.
Mossad spent more than a decade carefully planning to implant explosives into the speaker batteries, and to send these “death communications devices” into Hezbollah’s hands by forming a shell company, penetrating the supply chain, etc.
They also used fake advertisements to induce Hezbollah to buy pagers loaded with explosives, and even repeatedly tested details such as the ringtone and explosive dose of the pagers to ensure the best killing and deterrent effects.
The incident has caused the outside world to begin to become more alert and fearful about communication devices in opponent hands, especially those related to the West.
Although there is no Israeli brand, Israel plays a crucial role in the global cell phone supply chain.The world's first mobile phone was developed in Israel, and the first computer processor, the first U disk, Intel's first cell phone chip, and so on, were developed in Israel.
Almost all multinational chip companies such as Intel, Samsung, and Qualcomm regard Israel as their second R&D center. If the Netherlands relies on lithography machines to dominate chip manufacturing, then Israel dominates chip R&D and design.
This is behind the characteristics of the Israeli science and technology fanatic, whose research and development investment accounts for the proportion of GDP annually is the world's first, and even more than 90% of GDP is contributed by science and technology, and the world's major technology fields have the image of the Israeli team.
Netanyahu's remarks immediately sparked a wave of alarm on foreign networks.Many netizens have said they want to switch to safer Chinese phones.
For a time, the voice of "I want to change my Chinese mobile phone" kept swiping the screen on social media. This greatly reduces the trust in Western and Israeli technology, and even makes people feel that mobile phone security has become a big problem.
Many foreign netizens view Chinese phones as a “trust option”, on the one hand, a lack of trust in Western and Israeli technology, and on the other hand, a recognition of China’s manufacturing capabilities and science and technology ethics.