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New Research Explores US-Israeli Influence on Palestinian Digital Rights (English)

Law for Palestine

Communication Law and Policy has published a new research article by Riccardo Vecellio Segate, titled “Channeled Beneath International Law: Mapping Infrastructure and Regulatory Capture as Israeli–American Hegemonic Reinforcers in Palestine,” now available on SSRN. This study delves into the intricate dynamics of how the United States, alongside Israel, exerts significant control over Palestinian digital rights. The research highlights the cooperation between US intelligence agencies and Israel on “counterterrorism” measures that heavily impact Palestinians, particularly focusing on Internet policing in Gaza and the West Bank.

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Wikipedia declares Anti-Defamation League 'unreliable' on Israel, antisemitism: Report (English)

Middle East Monitor

Wikipedia's editors voted to declare the Anti-Defamation League "generally unreliable" on Israel and Palestine as well as the issue of antisemitism, adding the organisation to a list of banned sources, according to a report by the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA). The report said that an "overwhelming majority" of Wikipedia editors voted to deem the organisation unreliable. Middle East Eye reached out to Wikipedia for comment on the report. The decision puts the pro-Israel organisation, which has a long history of demonising Palestine activism, in a group alongside the National Inquirer, Newsmax, TMZ, and the conspiracist website Infowars.

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STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus (English)

WIRED

More than 1,100 self-identified STEM students and young workers from more than 120 universities have signed a pledge to not take jobs or internships at Google or Amazon until the companies end their involvement in Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract providing cloud computing services and infrastructure to the Israeli government. The pledgers included undergraduate and graduate students from Stanford, UC Berkeley, the University of San Francisco, and San Francisco State University. Some students from those schools also participated in an anti–Project Nimbus rally on Wednesday outside Google’s San Francisco office with tech workers and activists.

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Israel’s Killer AI (English)

VP

Palestinians are one of the most surveilled people on the planet. Israel collects data on where they live, who they know, and how they socialize. For years, it has used its surveillance apparatus to intimidate Palestinians and entrench a system of apartheid. When Israel launched its genocidal campaign in Gaza in October 2023, it used this data with a number of automated systems to unleash an unprecedented killing spree. One of these tools is called Lavender. It suggests who to kill faster than humanly possible.