‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians

Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on #Microsoft’s servers in Europe

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Harry Davies and Yuval Abraham
Wed 6 Aug 2025 07.00 EDT

According to three Unit 8200 sources, the cloud-based storage platform has facilitated the preparation of deadly airstrikes and has shaped military operations in #Gaza and the #WestBank.

Thanks to the control it exerts over #Palestinian telecommunications infrastructure, #Israel has long intercepted phone calls in the occupied territories. But the indiscriminate new system allows intelligence officers to play back the content of cellular calls made by Palestinians, capturing the conversations of a much larger pool of ordinary civilians.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud?CMP=share_btn_url

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Hundreds call for arms embargo in protests at factories complicit in #Israel's genocide in Gaza

from #Canary
By Ed Sykes 18 June 2025

"On 17 June, hundreds of people attended protests outside arms factories complicit in the #US-#Israeli genocide in #Gaza. They went to Sheffield, Rochester, and Havant to call for an immediate arms embargo. This comes as one poll suggests over half of people in #Britain back such an embargo."

https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/06/18/arms-embargo-israel-protests/

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#Palestinians gunned down while trying to reach food aid site in #Gaza, hospital says

Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire on people near distribution point run by #Israel-backed foundation

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and agencies
Sun 1 Jun 2025 06.04 EDT

"Thousands of people headed toward the distribution site hours before dawn. As they approached the site, #Israeli forces ordered them to disperse and come back later, witnesses said. When the crowds reached the Flag Roundabout, about 1km away, at about 3am, Israeli forces opened fire, the witnesses said."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/01/palestinians-gunned-down-while-trying-to-reach-food-aid-site-in-gaza-hospital-says?CMP=share_btn_url

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#Unilever’s Ben & Jerry’s calls war in Gaza a ‘genocide’

from #MiddleEastMonitor
May 30, 2025 at 2:23 pm

"“Ben & Jerry’s believes in human rights and advocates for peace, and we join with those around the world who denounce the #genocide in #Gaza,” the board said in a statement viewed by Reuters. “We stand with all who raise their voices against genocide in Gaza – from petition-signers to street marchers to those risking arrest.”"

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250530-unilevers-ben-jerrys-calls-war-in-gaza-a-genocide/

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Ian McEwan and Zadie Smith among hundreds of cultural figures denouncing #Gaza 'genocide'

The letter, signed by Hanif Kureishi, Kate Mosse and Elif Shafak, demands sanctions on #Israel if there is no ceasefire

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By MEE staff
Published date: 28 May 2025 11:44 BST

"We stand in solidarity with the resistance of #Palestinian, #Jewish, and #Israeli people to the genocidal policies of the current Israeli government," the signatories say.

It comes a day after more than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges signed a letter calling on Prime Minister #KeirStarmer to sanction the Israeli government and take steps at the #UN Security Council to expel #Israel as a UN member state."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ian-mcewan-and-zadie-smith-among-380-writers-and-groups-denouncing-gaza-genocide

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A family digs through trash for bits of food, showing Gaza’s growing desperation

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 2:07 AM EDT, May 27, 2025

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — With flies buzzing all around them, the woman and her daughter picked through the pile of garbage bags for scraps of food at the foot of a destroyed building in #Gaza City. She found a small pile of cooked rice, a few scraps of bread, a box with some smears of white cheese still inside.

Islam Abu Taeima picked soggy bits from a piece of bread and put the dry part in her sack. She will take what she found back to the school where she and hundreds of other families live, boil it and serve it to her five children, she said.

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-palestinians-hunger-israel-blockade-fa0ec6052f0c8f358db5e4c1935963ce?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

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Four people killed after starving #Palestinians burst into #UN food warehouse in Gaza

Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after #Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution point

Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and Manisha Ganguly
Wed 28 May 2025 16.44 EDT

“Hordes of hungry people broke into WFP’s al-Ghafari warehouse in Deir al-Balah, central #Gaza, in search of food supplies that were pre-positioned for distribution,” #WFP said in a statement, which warned of “alarming and deteriorating conditions on the ground”.

“Humanitarian needs have spiralled out of control after 80 days of complete blockade of all food assistance and other aid into Gaza,” the statement said. “Gaza needs an immediate scale-up of food assistance. This is the only way to reassure people that they will not starve.”

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Chaos and killings: Israeli army kills three during #Rafah aid distribution

#Palestinians express outrage over latest #US-#Israeli initiative designed to bypass #UN's infrastructure for aid delivery in #Gaza

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
By Ahmed Aziz in Khan Younis, occupied Palestine and Mera Aladam
Published date: 28 May 2025 15:53 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/chaos-and-killings-israeli-army-fires-palestinians-kills-three-during-aid-distribution-rafah

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One dead and 48 injured after Israeli soldiers open fire at Gaza food point

Witnesses tell of bursts of gunfire and helicopter flares after Israel-backed logistics group lost control of #Gaza site

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem
Wed 28 May 2025 06.37 EDT

"Witnesses said #Israeli forces started shooting after crowds of #Palestinians broke through the fences on Tuesday around the distribution site, as an Israeli military helicopter fired flares and bursts of gunfire were heard in the distance. In one video, a large crowd of panicked civilians, including women and children, can be seen running away from the distribution site, trampling the fencing."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/28/dead-injured-in-israeli-gunfire-at-gaza-food-point-reports?CMP=share_btn_url

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‘Dehumanisation by design’: US-Israeli #Gaza aid operation descends into chaos

The #US-#Israeli aid distribution operation in Gaza was widely condemned on social media

from #MiddleEastEye
By #MEE staff
Published date: 27 May 2025 20:22 BST

"The Israeli military denied firing on the crowds, but the Associated Press reported tank and gunfire at the distribution site, possibly due to warning shots fired by American mercenaries securing the facility. "

https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/dehumanisation-design-us-israeli-gaza-aid-operation-descends-chaos

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