Editing Industrial espionage (section)

===Israel's economic espionage in the United States===
[[Israel]] has an active program to gather proprietary information within the United States. These collection activities are primarily directed at obtaining information on military systems and advanced computing applications that can be used in Israel's sizable [[Arms industry|armaments industry]].<ref>{{cite web|title=US Officials: Israel Spying on America Has Reached 'Terrifying' Levels|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/israeli-spying-on-us-has-reached-terrifying-levels-2014-5?r=US&IR=T|work=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Clarke|first1=Duncan L.|year=1998|title=Israel's Economic Espionage in the United States|journal=Journal of Palestine Studies|volume=27|issue=4|pages=20–35|doi=10.2307/2538128|jstor=2538128}}</ref>

Israel was accused by the US government of selling US [[military technology]] and secrets to China in 1993.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cockburn|first1=patrick|date=13 October 1993|title=Israel accused of selling US secrets to China|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/israel-accused-of-selling-us-secrets-to-china-1510406.html}}</ref>

In 2014 American counter-intelligence officials told members of the [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|House Judiciary]] and [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|Foreign Affairs]] committees that Israel's current espionage activities in America are "unrivaled".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stein|first1=Jeff|date=8 May 2014|title=ISRAEL'S AGGRESSIVE SPYING IN THE U.S. MOSTLY HUSHED UP|url=https://www.newsweek.com/israels-aggressive-spying-us-mostly-hushed-250278|website=[[Newsweek]]}}</ref>