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Sunday, September 24, 2023

Reporting on spyware shows the underlying anti-Israel bias of the media

From AP:BOSTON (AP) — A leading Egyptian opposition politician was targeted with spyware multiple times after announcing a presidential bid — including with malware that automatically infects smartphones, security researchers have found. They say Egyptian authorities were likely behind the attempted hacks.Discovery of the malware last week by researchers at Citizen Lab and...

Google launches program to actually help Palestinians more than all the NGOs combined

What does it mean to be "pro-Palestinian?"To most people who define themselves that way, it means to be anti-Israel. Even though NGOs spend tens of millions of dollars in their anti-Israel efforts, writing yet another report finding yet another way Israel is supposedly the worst abuser in the world doesn't help Palestinians one bit. Google just announced an initiative...

12/28 Links Pt2: The Democrats must have a ‘Sister Souljah moment’ on antisemitism; War of Independence veterans protest 'defamatory' Netflix movie; Prominent Israeli firms vow to boycott bigots

From Ian: The Democrats must have a ‘Sister Souljah moment’ on antisemitism The recent rise in American antisemitism is the result of a lack of consequences for those engaging in it. For example, Americans Against Antisemitism studied 194 anti-Jewish assaults and 135 attacks on Jewish property in New York that have taken place since 2018. According to their July 2022 report,...

12/27 Links Pt2: How did black, Jewish communities go from friendship to tension?; Making sense of the great Mizrahi exodus; Dishonest Reporter of the Year Awards 2022

From Ian: How did black, Jewish communities go from friendship to tension? - opinion The events over the last couple of months involving the black and Jewish communities have triggered a lot of thought-provoking questions and concerns. During my entire time working for Jewish non-profits, leaders of these organizations encouraged us to use the strong history of solidarity...

AI chatbots are a potential danger for fact-based Israel advocacy

The New York Times reported:Over the past three decades, a handful of products like Netscape’s web browser, Google’s search engine and Apple’s iPhone have truly upended the tech industry and made what came before them look like lumbering dinosaurs.Three weeks ago, an experimental chat bot called ChatGPT made its case to be the industry’s next big disrupter. It can serve up...

"Death to Israel" vs. "Death to Palestine"

JTA reports, "The student magazine at the University of Adelaide in the state of South Australia called for 'death to Israel' in an article."I wondered at how often we hear "Death to Israel" compared to "Death to Palestine." Google search for "Death to Israel" estimates about 700,000 hits. "Death to Palestine" has about 117,000 hits.But that doesn't tell the whole story.An...

From The New York Times:A Google employee who became the most visible opponent of a company contract with the Israeli military said on Tuesday that she would resign after claiming Google had tried to retaliate against her for her activism.The employee, Ariel Koren, a marketing manager for Google’s educational products arm who has worked for the company for seven years, wrote...