{"id":2478,"date":"2024-09-01T10:10:14","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T09:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/?p=2478"},"modified":"2024-09-01T10:10:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T09:10:28","slug":"how-israel-uses-ai-and-technology-to-perpetuate-occupation-in-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/01\/how-israel-uses-ai-and-technology-to-perpetuate-occupation-in-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"How Israel Uses AI and Technology to Perpetuate Occupation in Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2478\" class=\"elementor elementor-2478\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-256ee5f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"256ee5f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b891458\" data-id=\"b891458\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9099da7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9099da7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 18-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:right;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Mehmet Rakipoglu and Hamdullah Baycar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Voices\/ September 2024<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff6ed3b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff6ed3b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd2334b\" data-id=\"cd2334b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dc105a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dc105a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Growing evidence suggests that the illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza&#8217;s relentless bombardment are increasingly facilitated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced software programs developed with the collaboration of Western tech giants. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/apr\/03\/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes\">reported<\/a> that Israel killed 37,000 people between October 2023 and April 2024 with an AI-powered database called Lavender. In addition to this mass killing, it was already known that Israel uses surveillance systems that are enabled by AI technology to carry out specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/analysis\/history-violence-israels-targeted-assassinations\">assassinations<\/a>.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanrightsnetwork.org\/genocide-in-gaza\">genocidal acts<\/a> of the Israeli Defense Forces have been in the global spotlight, especially since October 2023, as they have deliberately targeted, killed, and tortured civilians. What has been less spoken about is the role of AI and the sophisticated surveillance systems that this technology allows.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Palestine the Dystopia: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Thanks to this new technology, Israel can identify, target, and eliminate Palestinians at will. Palestinians&#8217; data are regularly updated in almost any place they go, whether they go to Jerusalem or work in illegal settlements as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/analysis\/how-ai-big-tech-and-spyware-power-israels-occupation\">workers<\/a>; they are illegally surveilled, making the life of Palestinians a true <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/analysis\/palestinians-brace-dystopian-nightmare-2023\">dystopia<\/a> where they do not have the right and chance to escape. With this mass data, Palestinians are reduced to nothing more than a set of numbers.<\/p><p>These technologies are not only used against Palestinians in Palestine or illegal settlements, but are also being used against Palestinians in the diaspora. Israeli intelligence services have relied on AI for many years to conduct surveillance of Palestinians abroad. For example, the Israeli spyware company NSO Group hacked more than 50,000 phone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jul\/18\/revealed-leak-uncovers-global-abuse-of-cyber-surveillance-weapon-nso-group-pegasus\">numbers<\/a> worldwide using a malware called Pegasus.<\/p><p>Indeed, as if this spyware tech is not enough, Israel is looking for an option to outsource the spying. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-813788\">reported<\/a> that the Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism had a meeting with the CEO of Black Cube, a private spying firm, which he asked to spy on pro-Palestinian students in the US, primarily those who joined the campus protests across the country.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Big Tech Companies and Israeli Occupation: <\/strong><\/p><p>Israel did not develop all of this technology by itself. It has collaborators all around the world. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/unipd-centrodirittiumani.it\/en\/schede\/The-Business-behind-Israeli-Settlements-in-the-Occupied-Palestinian-Territory-OPT-a-Case-Study-of-the-Surveillance-Industry\/476\">Motorola Solutions Ltd and its Israeli subsidiary<\/a> made surveillance easier thanks to their MotoEagle Wide Area Surveillance System. Amazon and Google\u2019s involvement in Project Nimbus, an Israeli Cloud competing Project, is another example of big tech and Israeli occupation. Amazon and Google&#8217;s involvement in the project raised serious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2021\/oct\/12\/google-amazon-workers-condemn-project-nimbus-israeli-military-contract\">concern<\/a>s as it will enable Israel to even further surveil the Palestinians. These companies are responsible for providing the technological infrastructure underlying the Israeli military and surveillance apparatus, from facial recognition systems used at checkpoints to predictive policing algorithms that use digital profiles to target Palestinians in advance and even commit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newarab.com\/analysis\/history-violence-israels-targeted-assassinations\">individual<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.972mag.com\/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza\/\">mass<\/a> killings. \u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>A Global Threat: <\/strong><\/p><p>The implications of Israel&#8217;s tech-enabled occupation of Palestine go far beyond the borders of the Palestinian territory and even Palestinians. Technologies developed and tested on Palestinians, such as the Pegasus spyware project, create significant concern about privacy all over the world. Indeed, this malware aids authoritarian regimes, as Israel sells it to states with questionable human rights records, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/poland-top-leader-admits-government-bought-pegasus-spyware\/a-60361211\">Poland<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/nso-ended-pegasus-contract-with-uae-over-dubai-leaders-hacking-2021-10-06\/\">UAE<\/a>.<\/p><p>Israeli tech companies, many closely linked to the military, market their products as <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/177074\/israel-arms-worlds-autocratswith-weapons-tested-palestinians\">\u201cbattle-tested<\/a>\u201d in Gaza and the West Bank. This makes them attractive to governments seeking to enhance their surveillance and control capabilities. For example, Israeli firm Elbit Systems, the manufacturer of the \u201cIron Sting\u201d bomb, has different contracts around the world, <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/177074\/israel-arms-worlds-autocratswith-weapons-tested-palestinians\">such as<\/a> militarizing the US\u2013Mexico border, selling arms to Myanmar\u2019s military junta, and selling drones to Azerbaijan.<\/p><p>The use of Palestinian lands and humans as guinea pigs, especially during an ongoing genocide, is alarming. Thus, there is a need for a global conversation about the <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/gaza-update-the-questionable-precision-and-ethics-of-israels-ai-warfare-machine-228235\">ethics of AI<\/a> and the responsibilities of technology giants and governments in conflict and occupation due to Western companies&#8217; collaboration.<\/p><p>The export of this technology all over the world and also their use against Palestinians in the diaspora show that this is no longer a local Israel\/Palestine issue but a global one. Consequently, the technologies being developed and deployed in this context will likely have wide-ranging implications for the future of warfare, surveillance, and civil liberties worldwide. AI and Big Tech have undoubtedly played a significant role in facilitating the killing of tens of thousands of Gazans by Israel in its genocidal war on Gaza. It is not just political and military strategy that has resulted in the occupation of Gaza and the systematic destruction of the West Bank; it is also a technologically sophisticated campaign to eradicate Palestinian resistance.<\/p><p>To conclude, Israel&#8217;s use of artificial intelligence and software programs, supported by Western corporations and governments, represents an additional front in their ongoing occupation and genocide of the Palestinian territories. This means that the Palestinians are being subjected to a form of technological genocide. This poses a threat not only to their lives and rights but also sets a dangerous precedent concerning the global usage of technology in conflict situations around the globe. There has to be a worldwide effort to hold both Israel and its Western collaborators accountable for these acts and to work towards a future where technology is used to defend human rights, not to oppress or abuse them. Even though Western powers support or keep silent about the current genocide and its use of technology, they should remember that if not stopped, Israel would have the potential and courage to use this against them or at least against Palestinians or human rights activists residing in their lands, which will create a sovereignty problem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e392f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e392f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-739fb5e\" data-id=\"739fb5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd2b511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd2b511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Mehmet Rakipoglu<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c23bfd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c23bfd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80e3445\" data-id=\"80e3445\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eec7c72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eec7c72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 18-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2490\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a72f64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a72f64\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbdd6e3\" data-id=\"fbdd6e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de0072 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5de0072\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He is an assistant professor at Mardin Artuklu University and a Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) at IZU. His work focuses on Turkish foreign policy, Gulf countries, and Islamic movements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-94838dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94838dd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c2c79b\" data-id=\"8c2c79b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e899e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e899e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Hamdullah Baycar <\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db25894 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db25894\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11b1350\" data-id=\"11b1350\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e57975d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e57975d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture3-268x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2494\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture3-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/cigacriticalvoices.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture3.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e3c3daa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e3c3daa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c116973\" data-id=\"c116973\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5a5601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5a5601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He is an Assistant Professor at Karadeniz Technical University and a Research Fellow at the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA) at IZU. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Exeter. His works focus on identity politics in the Gulf.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mehmet Rakipoglu and Hamdullah Baycar Voices\/ September 2024 Growing evidence suggests that the illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza&#8217;s relentless bombardment are increasingly facilitated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced software programs developed with the collaboration of Western tech giants. 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