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A new biography reveals how Palantir deployed engineers to expand operations in Tel Aviv and supported deadly tech-driven military aggression in Lebanon.
Al Mayadeen English
December 10th 2025
A newly released biography has revealed that the US-based AI surveillance company Palantir Technologies played a direct role in "Israel’s" 2024 “pager and walkie-talkie” terrorist attacks in Lebanon.
The disclosure appears in "The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State," a new biography of Palantir CEO Alex Karp, authored by New York Times journalist Michael Steinberger.
According to the book, "Israel’s" Mossad had been utilizing Palantir’s technology even before the escalation of aggression on Gaza and Lebanon in 2024. However, following the events of October 7, Steinberger writes, "Israel’s" Shin Bet and military “sought to obtain Palantir’s software,” prompting the US firm to expedite deployment.
“The demand for Palantir’s assistance was so great that the company dispatched a team of engineers from London to help get Israeli users online,” Steinberger writes.
He adds that Palantir went as far as renting an additional floor in its Tel Aviv office to train Israeli intelligence analysts and expand operational capacity.
Deployed in 'Israel’s' terrorist pager attack on Lebanon
Palantir’s systems were reportedly used in a range of military operations, both in Gaza and Lebanon. Most notably, the company’s technology was deployed during "Operation Grim Beeper," where "Israel" remotely detonated booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies, claiming that they are carried by members of Hezbollah.
The explosions, which occurred on September 18-19, 2024, killed at least 42 people, including two children, and injured more than 3,400 others, many suffering life-altering wounds.
Netanyahu himself later claimed the occupation’s responsibility, mocking international law, which was then crowned by a golden pager gifted to US President Donald Trump. What followed was a brutal Israeli war on Lebanon, the assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, and relentless aggression even after the ceasefire deal was reached on November 27, 2024.
The attacks were condemned globally. The United Nations described them as war crimes, while former CIA Director Leon Panetta called them “a form of terrorism.”
According to Steinberger, Palantir was directly involved in facilitating the technology used in these attacks.
US role and Palantir’s entanglement
The revelations further implicate the United States in the assault. US President Donald Trump later acknowledged that the attacks were conducted with his approval.
The revelations have intensified scrutiny of Palantir’s deepening involvement in "Israel’s" wars. Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, has cited the company in her documentation of what she terms the genocide in Gaza.
She noted that Palantir declared a “strategic partnership” with "Israel" in early 2024 and even held a board meeting in Tel Aviv “in solidarity". In response to criticism that the company’s technology contributed to the killing of Palestinians, Karp said in April 2025, “Mostly terrorists, that’s true.”
Albanese stated that such remarks reveal “executive-level awareness of the unlawful use of force” and a clear willingness by Palantir leadership to remain complicit in ongoing violations.
Global implications
Adding to the alarm, former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen recently stated that "Israel" maintains similar “booby-trapped and spy-manipulated equipment” in “all the countries you can imagine.”
Analysts argue that Palantir’s participation in the 2024 pager attacks makes these remarks particularly disturbing, given the company’s central role in US and global surveillance infrastructure. Its technology is currently used across various sectors, from law enforcement and immigration to military targeting and intelligence operations.
The book’s revelations place Palantir at the center of mounting international criticism over corporate complicity in war crimes and deepen concerns about the militarization of artificial intelligence in the service of Israeli occupation and aggression.
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