The controversy surrounding Israel’s reliance on Microsoft, Google, and Amazon for its cloud infrastructure reveals a sobering reality: earthly sovereignty is no longer anchored only in armies or governments but increasingly in the hands of corporations that answer to investors, media pressure, and shifting cultural tides. Reports that Israel’s Unit 8200 used Microsoft’s Azure cloud for intelligence storage highlight how fragile true independence becomes when vital national security rests on platforms controlled outside the nation’s borders. These tech giants already have a history of deplatforming governments, movements, and companies under broad interpretations of “terms of service.” What they once did to WikiLeaks, NSO, and Parler, they could one day do to Israel—or any state—when global sentiment shifts against it.

This dependency foreshadows a world where control over access to data, commerce, and communication is centralized into the hands of a few global gatekeepers—unelected powers that can grant or deny participation at will. While Israel seeks sovereignty through projects like Nimbus, its reliance on the very corporations aligned with the world’s narrative reveals how fragile that sovereignty truly is. The stage is being set for a world where nations themselves bow to terms not written in constitutions, but in digital contracts. This moment is a warning: trust in human systems will fail, but the Lord remains the only sure refuge and defender of His people.

SOURCE: Times of Israel