The role of AI-enhanced warfare in the battlefields of Gaza. And Mariam Barghouti on the intensification of violence in the West Bank.
More than 60 days after the start of the war between Israel and Gaza, two Israeli media outlets – +972 magazine and Local Call – published a report on The Gospel, a new artificial intelligence system deployed in Gaza.
AI is helping generate new targets at an unprecedented rate, allowing the Israeli military to relax its already permissive constraints on the killing of civilians.
Contributors:
Marwa Fatafta – MENA Director of Policy and Advocacy, Access Now
Omar Shakir – Israel and Palestine Director, Human Rights Watch
Sophia Goodfriend – Journalist
Tal Mimran – Former Legal Advisor, Israeli Ministry of Justice and Israeli Army
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While the world is focused on events unfolding in Gaza, Israel has also stepped up its attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, where Hamas has no authority or military presence. Journalist Mariam Barghouti joins us to discuss the rise of surveillance technology, the crackdown on free speech, and the rise in violence in the West Bank.
Donor:
Mariam Barghouti – Palestinian writer and journalist