[Starlink] "Interesting set of developments with Starlink. Musk says they will support "international aid orgs" in Gaza, Israel now says they will use "all available means" to stop SpaceX from doing so.

[David Lang]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2023, Alexandre Petrescu via Starlink wrote:

>> Frequency allocation authority ... sounds a bit like Israel having the 
>> authority to tell Hamas where to park its cars.
>>
> Ideally, one would have a government organisation in the area. That 
> gov't would have a frequency allocation subsidiary.  That subsidiary 
> would allow, or not allow, starlink to emit in the area.
>
>> As Starlink isn't officially available in Israel yet and it's a small 
>> market, the regulatory leverage of the Israeli government against 
>> SpaceX is probably low.
>>
> I did not know Starlink is not available in Israel.
>
> The question would be who has authority over the frequencies above the 
> disputed territories.  And it is that authority that would allow, or 
> disallow, the use of starlink frequencies (somewhere at 10-15GHz IIRC).  
> All Starlink would need to do is request access to that spectrum.

Hamas is the elected government of Gaza

David Lang