AI-Assisted Apartheid
Israel wants to compile biometric profiles and security ratings for every resident of the West Bank. Amazon is helping.
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“Where is Ahmad?” Israeli military forces demanded after boarding a bus from Ramallah headed toward Jerusalem. They were looking for me. I was on a religious pilgrimage to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque, but as a Palestinian dual national with a Palestinian ID, I cannot visit areas of occupied Palestine without a special permit called a […]