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1 week ago | 
newarab.com | Sarah Khalil |Marc Jones
Israel has begun operational deployment of a military-grade artificial intelligence chatbot named Genie, a system now used by commanders to make battlefield decisions in Gaza. Far from a neutral technological upgrade, Genie represents the accelerating use of AI in warfare - automating decisions that carry life-and-death consequences in a conflict where Israel already faces credible accusations of genocide.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
timesofisrael.com | Marc Jones
LONDON (Reuters) – A ceasefire in the war in Gaza should be positive for Israel’s under-pressure credit rating, Fitch’s top sovereign rating analyst says. Israel’s “A” rating is currently on a downgrade warning, or a “negative outlook” in rating agency-speak. “We’ve got Israel on negative, I guess that’s something that’s really related to public finances associated with the war,” Fitch’s head of sovereign ratings James Longsdon says at a conference held by the firm.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
zeteo.com | Marc Jones
When violence erupted around a soccer match in Amsterdam this week between fans of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dutch club Ajax, Western media outlets rushed to frame it mostly as an antisemitic attack on Israeli fans. But a closer examination of the coverage reveals troubling patterns in how racial violence is reported; not only is anti-Arab violence and racism marginalized and minimized, but violence against Israelis is amplified and reduced to antisemitism.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Marc Jones
Many breathed a sigh of relief when Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party was unexpectedly beaten by tactical voting in the second round of France’s snap legislative elections earlier this month. But now that the threat of a far-right takeover in France appears to have been averted, people are asking: How exactly did Le Pen come to the brink of victory?
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
bizcom.to | Ashley Nyiko Mabasa |Marc Jones |Chris Blair
The terms Blockchain and Bitcoin are often (wrongly) used interchangeably – even by savvy and sophisticated investors. But while the two are related, there’s a world of difference between cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. That difference lies at the heart of what we do at Mesh. What’s the difference? And how is Mesh using Smart Assets and blockchain technology to reshape the world of capital markets?
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May 27, 2024 | 
threadreaderapp.com | Marc Jones
May 15🧵1/ Israel are attempting to muddy the waters around the killing of an international UN worker in a clearly marked vehicle. They have released a video claiming that "terrorists" are roaming and shooting at a UNRWA compound. There's no evidence that indicates they are 2/ terrorists. The video shows armed men mingling with what are probably UN workers. There is no sense of coercion or animosity in those shots.
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
threadreaderapp.com | Marc Jones
Apr 12🧵1/ Just want to point out a few disturbing elements regarding misinformation in this article - "What's I've Heard From Gaza" published in the @TheAtlantic . I will focus on two specific references that are quite crucial in framing a broader argument about Hamas's actions #Gaza 2/ The article asserts with no equivocation that Hamas killed fleeing civilians on the Al Rashid coastal road in Nov 23.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
threadreaderapp.com | Marc Jones
Aug 21/ 🧵There is another anti-immigrant, racist and unsubstantiated rumour being circulated online about the tragic stabbing of a woman in #Brantham, UK. I just wanted to provide some analysis of the emergence of this rumour, and the protagonists and sequence of the story. #Southport2/ The known facts. A woman called Anita Rose was tragically stabbed and killed as as she walked her dog on Wednesday 24th July. A number of people have been arrested in the course of the investigations.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
threadreaderapp.com | Marc Jones
🧵1/ Thread on the #Southport anti-migrant and anti-Muslim disinformation and propaganda. In this thread I highlight key spreaders of disinformation, the chronology, and some points about some of the inauthentic activity evident. I will focus on X. 2/ First. What we know so far. The attacker 17 was, born in Cardiff, but moved to near Southport. There's no indication of his religion, and his parents have been reported as being from Rwanda (although again questionable why this is relevant).
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Marc Jones
On Sunday, ahead of a planned Israeli invasion of Rafah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview to ABC, a TV channel in the United States. He addressed warnings by Western officials, including Americans, that this would result in a high civilian death toll. “We are going to do it while providing safe passage for the civilian population so they can leave,” Netanyahu said.
