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> View this email in your browser > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=649afe3f50&e=dab5c3fd19> > > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=3a7bb589cf&e=dab5c3fd19> > April > 16, 2024 > > Briefing tomorrow: Israel’s AI Warfare & Arms Transfers > > Earlier this month, a +972 Magazine/Local Call investigation > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=1bd2218b16&e=dab5c3fd19> > revealed that the Israeli military is using an AI machine called “Lavender” > to identify human targets with little to no oversight, intentionally > bombing them in their homes alongside civilians. The White House noted > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=79f9e3663f&e=dab5c3fd19> > that it was examining the contents of the investigation, and UN > Secretary-General António Guterres expressed > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=7d8cce4a7e&e=dab5c3fd19> > that he was “deeply troubled” by the report, adding “No part of life and > death decisions which impact entire families should be delegated to the > cold calculation of algorithms.” Revelations such as these are fueling > global efforts to halt arms transfers and condition military aid to Israel, > with pressure particularly mounting on the U.S. and German governments, > which are estimated to supply around 99 percent of the arms > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=d58aca0e6f&e=dab5c3fd19> > imported by Israel. > > Join this briefing tomorrow, *Wednesday, Apr. 17, 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET / > 8:00-9:00 p.m. Jerusalem time *for the next installment of “In Context: > Briefings on Israel-Palestine,” to hear about the above developments and > more by registering here > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=f1d49d9d65&e=dab5c3fd19> > . > > Speakers include: > > *Amjad Iraqi,* senior editor at +972 Magazine and a policy member of > Al-Shabaka. > > *Meron Rapoport*, Local Call editor who oversaw the joint investigation > of Israel’s “Lavender” AI machine. > > *Fadi Abu Shammalah*, Just Vision outreach associate and Palestinian > journalist from Gaza. > > *Annelle Sheline,* former foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near > Eastern Affairs in the US Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human > Rights and Labor. Sheline resigned from the State Department three weeks > ago in protest over the Biden administration’s continued supply of weapons > to Israel. > > *Gabriel Schubiner, *former software engineer at Google Research and a > worker-organizer with the No Tech for Apartheid campaign. > > *Julia Bacha*, Just Vision’s creative director and filmmaker (*Boycott*, > *Budrus)* (Moderator). > > There will be an opportunity to ask questions during the virtual briefing. > *Save > your spot for this Apr. 17 briefing by **RSVPing here.* > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=44b92ba7d6&e=dab5c3fd19> > > This event is sponsored by Just Vision > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=ac3bdb707b&e=dab5c3fd19>, > +972 Magazine > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=55315b233f&e=dab5c3fd19>, > Jewish Currents > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=f95c03a8b2&e=dab5c3fd19> > the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) > <https://972mag.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0bd5641159488ecfed79ba6ca&id=9edd67810f&e=dab5c3fd19> > . > > Kindly note that this briefing will be on-the-record and conducted > virtually. 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