Israel's 'predictive policing' sees online crackdown on Palestinians

alaraby, Israel's 'predictive policing' sees online crackdown on Palestinians "Israeli security agencies are using advanced technology to trawl through Palestinian social media posts to identify and detain users who have not yet committed a crime."

Gaza and technology

London Review of Books, If Israel were smart; Sara Roy on Gaza, Vol. 39 No. 12, 15 June 2017, pages 19-20

"Gaza has a talented, tech-savvy population; if ever there were peace, an American investor said, ‘Gaza’s internet sector would become another India.’ The number of internet users in Gaza is reportedly equal to that of Tel Aviv, and a small number are already subcontracting for companies in India, Bangladesh and Israel."

Qatar situation

The digital element of this current dispute is significant, especially in relation to this blog. A variety of opinions are available:

BBC News, Qatar row: Six countries cut links with Doha

Middle East Eye, Three potential motives behind the spat between Qatar and its Gulf neighbours "It's clear that the hacking of Qatar's news agency last month was a premeditated assault. Here's why it happened - and why now."

 Middle East Eye, Qatar hits back as Saudi, Egypt, UAE cut diplomatic, transport ties "Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain cut their ties with Qatar and expelled the Gulf state from the coalition fighting the war in Yemen, accusing it of supporting terrorism. It opens up the worst rift in years among some of the most powerful states in the Arab world."

Arab News,  Bahrain, KSA, Egypt and UAE cut diplomatic ties with Qatar

Al Jazeera,  Inside Story: What's behind recent media attacks against Qatar?

Israeli soldiers pose for photos while abusing Palestinian child

Israeli soldiers pose for photos while abusing Palestinian child | The Electronic Intifada:

Online Indiscretion Leads to Islamic Jihad Texting Threats to Israeli Soldiers During Operation Pillar of Defense

Online Indiscretion Leads to Islamic Jihad Texting Threats to Israeli Soldiers During Operation Pillar of Defense, Algemeiner.com:

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Who did the Egyptian internet vote for?

Tal Pavel, Guardian/publici.com, Who did the Egyptian internet vote for?, 16 Jul 2012 , "The real "Facebook Revolution" is not about toppling the regime by those whose voices cannot be heard afterwards in the elections and in the government that is ruled for the time being by the military and representatives of the old regime. The true revolution will happen when the rate of penetration of the internet in Egypt rises, when it becomes a more-meaningful means of expression for those repressed groups in the population and in Arab society and a central tool for reducing ignorance and the digital gap."

Shura Council of the Mujahideen of Jerusalem

alarabiya.net, Islamic militant group claims attack on Egyptian-Israeli border, 19 Jun 2012 "A group calling itself the “Shura Council of the Mujahideen of Jerusalem” claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly ambush that killed an Israeli construction worker on the Egyptian border.

"In a video posted on the internet, a group of masked and armed men claimed Monday’s attack and announced the formation of the “Shura Council of the Mujahideen of Jerusalem.”"

'Iranians Have Democratic Values' - Israeli research team

Yuval Porat, WSJ, Iranians Have Democratic Values, 14 May 2012 "In the high-stakes international discussions surrounding Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, Iran's 80 million people are often forgotten. So I, along with a small team of Israelis, decided to explore the driving forces of Iranian society. There have been signs, on the streets and over the Internet, of a battle raging between the country's Islamic fundamentalists and the proponents of freedom. The question we set out to explore is where the majority of the people stand." This reports on a survey conducted by telephone by an Israel-based research team. Details and findings: http://www.iranresearch.org/English.

Google Street View in Jerusalem

huffingtonpost.com, Google Street View Comes To Israel "After months of consultations with Israeli security officials, Google has launched its popular Street View service in the country's three largest cities. The new Street View provides images of ordinary life, contested areas and religious sites in the Holy Land."

Also See Ha'aretz, Google Street View catches the beauty and hardships of Jerusalem's Old City

There's quite a lot of detail to be found (in my cursory exploration of this) - and of course many political implications and issues relating to this data being published (and how it is labelled):

 
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'The badly kept secret of Israel's trade throughout the Muslim world'

Ha'aretz, The badly kept secret of Israel's trade throughout the Muslim world, 19 Jan 2012 "Israeli business quietly thrives in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and in far-off countries like Indonesia and Malaysia, too. Company owners on both sides do all they can to avoid harmful publicity. Contacts are made at international conferences overseas, through European and U.S. companies familiar with both sides, and directly over the Internet. "

"Technology, particularly the Internet, is making the world smaller," explains Eliran Malul at Arab Markets, which brokers deals in Arab countries. "Arab entrepreneurs are interested in Israeli technologies and search them out through the Internet and social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn."

'Saudi hackers target Israeli credit details'

Channel 4 News, Saudi hackers target Israeli credit details, 4 Jan 2012, "Saudi Arabian hackers have claimed a successful cyber attack on Israeli computer servers, publishing the financial details and mobile phone numbers of an estimated 400,000 people."

E-warfare

Press.tv, Israel to wage E-warfare against Iran, 19 Nov 2011

Opinion piece on Gaza

C. Jacob, MEMRI, Hamas's Gaza – Four Years Later Chapter 5: Islamization in Gaza "One of the outcomes of the 2007 Hamas coup has been increased Islamization in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has turned a blind eye to the activity of extremist Islamist groups, and in many cases has taken steps of its own to impose an Islamic lifestyle upon the populace. Hamas's actions and statements reflect its desire to impose a religious way of life in Gaza. However, Hamas is aware that its ability to instate shari'a law and establish an Islamic emirate is limited, since this is likely to meet with strong opposition from both Palestinian society and the international community. Therefore, Hamas has introduced Islamization measures gradually, pulling back whenever public reaction has been too severe." Opinion and analysis, with reference to internet cafes.

'Third Intifada' app

aljazeera.net, Apple removes 'Third Intifada' app, 23 Jun 2011 "Technology giant Apple has removed a pro-Palestinian mobile application from its roster of hosted programmes after Israel complained it incited users to violence.

"The "Third Intifada" application essentially reproduced the content from a website of the same name - 3rdIntifada.com - which posts news and opinion articles about Israeli aggression and the Palestinian cause."

The image on the left is from 3rdintifada.com (who may have received substantial extra publicity from this incident)

'Broadcasting Martyrdom' op-ed

Brooke Goldstein and Elisa Rojas, frontpagemag.com, Broadcasting Martyrdom, 23 May 2011 op-ed discussion on broadcasting of Tuyur al-Janna and Lama Nestashed

Border protests

Adrian Blomfield, Telegraph, Israel attacks Palestinian border protests, 15 May 2011 "Inspired by popular revolts elsewhere in the Middle East, activists are believed to have orchestrated the march on Israel's borders in secret by using social networking sites like Facebook."

Emad Drimly, Saud Abu Ramadan, Xinhua, Anti-Israel Arab protests turning point in Mideast conflict: analysts, 16 May 2011 "Palestinian politicians and analysts said on Sunday that the Palestinian and Arab protests, rallies and demonstrations against Israel, which marked 63 years for the Nakba Day, or Catastrophe, might be a turning point in the history of the Israeli-Arab conflict."

Nicholas Blanford, Maroun er Ras, Time, A Third Intifadeh? Deadly Nakba Protests Spark Fears of Israel-Lebanon Border Escalation, 15 May 2011

"South Lebanon Sunday witnessed its deadliest day since the month-long Israel-Hizballah 2006 war when 10 Palestinian demonstrators were reported shot dead and another 112 wounded as Israeli troops opened fire on protests along the border fence."

Edward Yeranian, VOA, Syrian Crackdown in Border Town Enters Second Day, 15 May 2011

Facebook: 'Third Palestinian Intifada'

Contrasting views on the removal from Facebook of 'Third Palestinian Intifada':

arabcrunch.com, Facebook Bowes to “Israel” Deletes “Third Palestinian Intifada” Page Unjustly, 30 Mar 2011 "The truth is that we have been following the page and did not find any calls to violence and that the page admin affirmed several times that his page does not call for violence and said that if Facebook removes the page all Muslims will boycott Facebook forever, as the “true face of Facebook will uncover.”"

Yaakov Lappin, Jerusalem Post, Facebook removes '3rd intifada' page, 30 Mar 2011 "Facebook removed a page on its social networking site Tuesday that called for a third intifada against Israel, after the site’s monitors said administrators of the page were found to be participating in calls for violence."

Facebook: 'Third Palestinian Intifada'

I've been picking up some interesting coverage on the Facebook page(s) 'Third Palestinian Intifada'. For example, see Ha'aretz, ADL slams Facebook for refusing to remove 'third Intifada' fan page, 26 Mar 2011 "The fan page, which has over 308,395 fans, is dedicated to encourage the outbreak a third Intifada in Israel, and warns that if Facebook removes the page "all Muslims will boycott Facebook forever."

Also view Yaakov Lappin, Jerusalem Post, Facebook 'monitoring' page calling for 3rd intifada, 28 Mar 2011 "The Facebook social networking site is monitoring an Arabic-language page which calls for a “third intifada” against Israel, but the site’s bosses have concluded that it has not gone beyond the bounds of acceptable speech, and have decided not to remove it, The Jerusalem Post learned on Sunday.

"The Facebook page, called “Third Palestinian intifada,” has attracted over 330,000 fans since going online, and has issued a call for a mass march into Israel from neighboring countries."

There's also (predictable) Facebook campaigning against 'Third Palestinian Intifada'.

The Palestine Papers

Huffington Post, Palestine Papers: Al Jazeera, Guardian Release Documents On Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 23 Jan 2011 "Today, Al Jazeera and the Guardian released the first of more than 1,600 documents related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

See The Guardian, The Palestine Papers "A cache of thousands of pages of confidential Palestinian records covering more than a decade of negotiations with Israel and the US has been obtained by al-Jazeera TV and shared exclusively with the Guardian. The papers provide an extraordinary and vivid insight into the disintegration of the 20-year peace process, which is now regarded as all but dead."