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Microsoft says it has stopped providing some of its cloud and AI services to Israel’s Ministry of Defense following a report in Britain’s Guardian newspaper, which alleged Israel used the services to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The Guardian report, published in August in conjunction with Israeli outlets +972 Magazine and Local Call, …

Microsoft halts services to Israeli military unit amid probe into surveillance of Palestinians  Reuters Why has Microsoft cut Israel off from some of its services?  Al Jazeera Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of some services after review over mass surveillance of Palestinians  CBS News Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians  The Guardian Update on ongoing Microsoft review  The Official Microsoft …

Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the West Bank, the Guardian can reveal. Microsoft told Israeli officials late last week that Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, had violated the company’s terms of service …

The US has imposed sanctions against three Palestinian human rights groups that asked the international criminal court (ICC) to investigate Israel over allegations of genocide in Gaza, according to a notice posted to the US treasury department’s website. The three groups – the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Ramallah-based Al-Haq …

The State Department said it would stop issuing visas to Palestinians from Gaza, including to those coming to the United States for humanitarian and medical treatment, following a campaign by far-right political activist Laura Loomer. “All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to …

Microsoft has launched an “urgent” external inquiry into allegations Israel’s military surveillance agency has used the company’s technology to facilitate the mass surveillance of Palestinians. The company said on Friday the formal review was in response to a Guardian investigation that revealed how the Unit 8200 spy agency has relied on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform to store a vast collection …

Two Palestinians Killed in West Bank Clash With Israeli Settlers  The New York Times Israeli settlers kill Palestinians in West Bank attack, health ministry says  BBC Israeli settlers beat U.S. citizen to death in West Bank  NPR Israeli settlers kill American-Palestinian visiting relatives in West Bank, says family  The Guardian American beaten to death by Israeli settlers in the West Bank  NBC News Source link

AFP Palestinians look on as a fire burns on a hilltop seized by Israeli settlers near Sinjil on 4 July Two Palestinians have been killed in an attack by Israeli settlers on a town in the north of the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Sayfollah Musallet, a 20-year-old dual US citizen from Florida, was beaten to …