Day: 20 April 2024

TULKARM: Israeli occupation forces briefly detained a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance crew and another medical team this evening outside the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in Tulkarm, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli soldiers stopped paramedics and doctors in the vicinity of the hospital, checked their identities, and subjected them to interrogation and field investigation.

The Red Crescent stated that Israeli forces briefly detained a PRCS ambulance crew at the entrance of Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarm while they were carrying out their humanitarian work.

Simultaneously, Israeli forces continue their aggression on the adjacent Nour Shams refugee camp by deploying more military vehicles and bulldozers into the camp, amid intense gunfire towards anyone attempting to leave or enter the camp.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA

Amman: The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has called for an investigation at various local and international levels into the involvement of major technology and social media companies in causing the deaths of Palestinian civilians in Israel’s military attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7.

The Euro-Med monitor called for holding these companies accountable if it is proven that they colluded or failed to exercise due diligence to prevent access to and exploitation of their users’ private information, and obliging them to ensure that they avoid misusing their services in war zones and violating the privacy of their users.

The Euro-Med monitor warns that Israel is reportedly using AI-powered technological systems, such as Gospel, Fire Factory, Lavender, and Where’s Daddy, all of which operate as part of a system aimed at illegally surveilling, tracking, and monitoring the movements of Palestinians.

These systems work to identify targets and suspects and identify them as legitimate targets based on potentia
l information not related to the location or person itself in most cases but by searching for commonalities and patterns between the general population in the Gaza Strip, especially males, and members of armed factions in the Gaza Strip.

According to the published investigations, the accuracy of the information provided by these systems is not verified by the Israeli military in most cases, despite the prior knowledge that there is a large margin of error due to the nature of the work of these systems and their inability to provide updated information, especially regarding the whereabouts of those placed on the targeting list in real time, and despite the Israeli military’s awareness of the frequency of error after the targeting, the Euro-Med monitor said.

The Euro-Med monitor pointed to revelations about the Lavender system, which is heavily used by the Israeli army to identify suspects in the Gaza Strip before targeting them, a system that causes a deliberately high rate of civilian casualties, noting tha
t it relies on the logic of probability.

The Euro-Med monitor cited Israeli military and intelligence sources admitting to attacking potential targets without taking into account the principle of proportionality and collateral damage, while there are consistent suspicions that the “Lavender” system relies among its sources on tracking accounts on social media sites.

It was also recently revealed that Israel and Google have collaborated on several technological projects, including the Nimbus project, which provides the Israeli military with technology that allows it to intensify surveillance and unlawfully collect information on Palestinians, thereby contributing to the deepening of policies of oppression and persecution of Palestinians and the commission of various crimes against them.

The Euro-Med monitor urged these companies to provide immediate explanations based on impartial internal investigations into allegations of their complicity or exploitation of their services and applications in committing cr
imes against Palestinians.

Source: Jordan News Agency

He pointed out the importance of digital skills in supporting scientific knowledge and “building the personality of our students,” indicating that the labor market is no longer limited in its demand for holding a university qualification, but the competition has become in the level of possession of skills and the ability to create and excel, expressing readiness to provide all required support for the success of this project.

Hanandeh expressed his thanks to the Ministry of Education for providing the opportunity to participate in this achievement and contribute to the educational process, and to the trainers for their outstanding efforts in this field.

For their part, the students participating in the Digital Coding Club expressed their thanks to all those in charge of the project for its impact in providing them with science and knowledge and acquiring the required digital skills.

The project included training 100 computer teachers and 100 laboratory curators from public schools across the Kingdom north,
center, and south who, in turn, will train students within the targeted schools.

The program, which targets 2,000 students from grades nine to one, aims to provide students with life skills by engaging them in practical application, developing their ideas and expanding their perceptions about the role of technology and programming in our daily lives, and raising their scientific stock about programming and its role in all areas of life.

It also aims to highlight the students’ creativity and development during the training period, enable them to build computer programs capable of addressing many mathematical issues and practical applications, provide them with self-confidence and self-reliance skills, develop personal skills, and create a spirit of competition among them in a way that reflects positively on them and develops their abilities.

Source: Jordan News Agency