> Israel is nowadays the main obstacle not only to lasting peace in the middle east (and various other regions)

Ironically Israel uses hacking tool sales as a tool for diplomacy[0]. Apparently Pegasus sales played a critical role in the Abraham Accord negotiations. While there are obvious ethical issues here it seems these tools likely actually helped create real peace deals in practice.

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-p...