from The Palestine Laboratory, chapter 1
Tadiran Israel Electronics Industries (now merged with Elbit Systems) installed a computer surveillance / listening center in assisting Guatemala with suppressing dissent through a variety of ways after the coup in the 50s. [Some of this had to do with their leadership growing to espouse Israeli sentiment towards Palestinians as their own sentiment towards indigenous Mayans in Guatemala]
then also, noting the 1) intention to destroy and remove archives and historical documentation of Palestine & Palestinians, 2) precedent of prisoner exchange in order to secure these stolen archives.
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We start to see the shape of Israel's move away from dependency on the US, towards intentionally developing an economy that thrives via business in its military, defense, intelligence, surveillance, & arms/weaponry industries.
9/11 was monetized, but everything about the resulting militarism is entirely compatible with neoliberal democracy. data collection & mass surveillance are essential pieces of that.
As is implementing computerized dehumanization in a variety of ways. Almost every country wants to be able to monitor and control some or all of their population in some capacity. These "AI" tools? Train themselves on Palestinians under occupation; gamifying the process for Israelis using the technology or collecting information for databases.
