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