Israel

Israeli state archives (partially declassified) revealed extensive military support to SL in the 1980s. Direct procurement continued post-2009 including Kfir jet upgrades and drones. Cellebrite-class forensic tools have been linked to SL law-enforcement procurement via regional distributors; Citizen Lab has not published a forensic confirmation specific to SL diaspora targeting.

1. 2023–24Confirmed · Tier-A source

   SL abstained on several UNGA Gaza resolutions, reflecting balancing logic that includes continued Israeli defence-tech access.

2. Mar 2026Confirmed · Tier-A source

   SIPRI Arms Transfers Database updated; SL recipient entries require database query for specific Israeli supplier records.

Provision of surveillance and crowd-control technology and officer training enhances SL state capacity to monitor and suppress Tamil political organisation. Procurement opacity (no parliamentary oversight, no public disclosure) means full scope cannot be confirmed from open sources. The NE's disproportionate experience of counter-terrorism enforcement means deployment would structurally impact Tamil civilian communities.