The Israeli authorities are using an facial recognition system known as Red Wolf to track Palestinians and automate harsh restrictions on their freedom of movement, Red Wolf is part of an ever-growing surveillance network which is entrenching the Israeli government’s control over Palestinians, and which helps to maintain Israel’s system of apartheid. Red Wolf is deployed at military checkpoints in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, where it scans Palestinians’ faces and adds them to vast surveillance databases without their consent.

#facialrecognition technology supports a dense network of (CCTV) cameras to keep Palestinians under near-constant observation. Automated #Apartheid shows how this #surveillance is part of a deliberate attempt by Israeli authorities to create a hostile and coercive environment for Palestinians.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/israel-opt-israeli-authorities-are-using-facial-recognition-technology-to-entrench-apartheid/

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Israel's automated occupation Part 1/2 - 2023
How Israel automated occupation in #Hebron

Palestinians in Hebron are some of the most heavily monitored and controlled people on the planet.

In the first episode of a two-part special, Tariq Nafi reports from the occupied West Bank on the previously unknown facial recognition system ‘Red Wolf’, uncovered by Amnesty International and Breaking the Silence.

Contributors:
Izzat Karaki — activist; volunteer, Youth Against Settlements
Sophia Goodfriend — journalist; researcher, Duke University
Matt Mahmoudi — researcher and adviser, Amnesty International
Former Major General B — ex-Israeli military officer who spoke to Al Jazeera on condition of anonymity.

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Inside Israel’s surveillance machine part 2/2 - 2023

Palestinian existence in Jerusalem is under threat - carefully watched, recorded and restricted. In the Old City’s narrow streets and alleys, cameras are inescapable.

In the second episode of a two-part special, Tariq Nafi reports from the occupied West Bank, on how Israel’s surveillance machine infiltrates the lives of Palestinians. He also speaks with a former Israeli lieutenant in Unit 8200 - the elite intelligence unit responsible for spying on Palestinians.

Contributors:
Rula Jamal - Head of Monitoring & Documentation, Al Haq
Jalal Abukhater - Writer
Amal Sumarin - Silwan resident
Helga Tawil-Souri - Associate Professor, NYU
Israeli former Lieutenant Eli - Unit 8200

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In November 2021 the Washington Post published a stunning exposé on the use of 'Blue Wolf', a new mass surveillance system being operated by soldiers in the West Bank to photograph and collect sensitive personal information on local Palestinians. The story, which was brought to light thanks to several testimonies given by IDF soldiers to Breaking the Silence, represents a massive escalation in Israel's pursuit of control over the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank, and raises some serious questions on the role of technology within the context of the occupation.
Breaking the Silence

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How Surveillance Tech is Used to Oppress Palestinians Through #Apartheid - May 2023

The Israeli authorities are using an experimental facial recognition system known as Red Wolf to track Palestinians and automate harsh restrictions on their freedom of movement, Amnesty International said today. In a new report, Automated Apartheid, the organization documents how Red Wolf is part of an ever-growing surveillance network which is entrenching the Israeli government’s control over Palestinians, and which helps to maintain Israel’s system of apartheid. Red Wolf is deployed at military checkpoints in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, where it scans Palestinians’ faces and adds them to vast surveillance databases without their consent.

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