Israel's Urim base in the Negev desert is among the most important and powerful intelligence gathering sites in the world.
Those damned sneaky Juices, listening in on everyone! Le Monde diplomatique gets even with them, though; not only do they describe the installation, but they even give targetting coordinates and a Googlemaps satellite photo. | Israel's powerful position in the Middle East is often associated with its armed forces, nuclear weapons arsenal or covert (Mossad) operatives. But just as important is its intelligence gathering -- monitoring governments, international organisations, foreign companies, political organisations and individuals.
Most of this happens at the installation in the Negev a couple of kilometres to the north of the kibbutz of Urim. Our sources, close to Israeli intelligence,
Some of our bestest friends are juices. | know the base first-hand. They describe lines of satellite dishes of different sizes, and barracks and operations buildings on both sides of the road (the 2333) that leads to the base. |