Operation Wrath of Zion: Israel Lobby Partners with Trump Admin to ‘Dox and Deport’ Pro-Palestinian Human Rights Activists
In January, during a rally in New York opposing Israel, a protester was filmed with only her eyes visible, obscured by a mask and headscarf. However, shortly thereafter, images revealing her full face, along with her name and workplace, began to circulate online. A nascent technology firm proudly announced on social media that its facial-recognition software had successfully identified the woman. She was not an isolated case; the same technology was employed to analyze photographs captured over several months of pro-Palestinian demonstrations at universities across the United States.
A right-wing violent radical Jewish organization, known as the BETAR, claimed that individuals identified by the software were included on a list submitted to President Donald Trump’s administration, advocating for their deportation in line with his directive to expel foreign students involved in “pro-Palestinian” protests. In the weeks leading up to Khalil’s arrest, a representative from the right-wing Jewish organization Betar announced that the activist was at the forefront of a list comprising foreign students and faculty from nine universities. This list was presented to top officials, including the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who ultimately decided to revoke Khalil’s visa. Betar spokesperson Daniel Levy stated that certain individuals on their list were recognized through a facial-recognition technology known as NesherAI, developed by Hawila’s company, Stellar Tecs, which originated from his apartment in Brooklyn. The software derives its name from the Hebrew term for “eagle.”
The organization commonly mentioned in mainstream media as “Stellar Technologies” is officially registered under the name “Stellar Defense & Cyber Intelligence LLC.” It supports the Trump administration by employing artificial intelligence to identify anonymous demonstrators who advocate for Palestine and expose the “Gaza genocide”, whilst exercising their First Amendment rights. This effort is part of a program Stellar Tecs has designated as “Operation Wrath of Zion”…
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Zionist groups use facial recognition tech to identify pro-Palestine activists: Report
Zionist groups in the United States have been using facial recognition technology to identify and report pro-Palestinian activists rallying against the Israeli regime’s genocidal war on Gaza to US federal agents, a report has revealed.
According to an investigation by AP, foreign activists who took part in widespread campus protests against US support for the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza are being exposed by pro-Israeli groups who are using facial recognition technology to identify them.
According to the report, a New York-based software engineer named Eliyahu Hawila provided a facial recognition tool he built and called NesherAI to the Zionist organization Betar US.
The Zionist organization used the tool to identify masked pro-Palestinian protesters, compiling a list of them, which was then handed over to US federal officials to clamp down on them.
“It’s a very concerning practice,” said Abed Ayoub, National Executive Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “Essentially, the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”
US President Donald Trump, during his campaign trail, promised his supporters that he would clamp down on student demonstrators he accused of “un-American activity.”
After returning to the White House, he signed an executive order ordering officials to deport foreign students who had participated in pro-Palestinian protests.
The Trump administration prompted related federal agencies to take a tougher stance against foreigners supportive of the Palestinian cause.
So far, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have identified a multitude of foreign students for their activism in support of Palestine and against the US-Israeli genocide.
“It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” State Secretary Marco Rubio said last week when asked about the ongoing crackdown on pro-Palestinian students and academics.
The Trump administration has threatened to ban certain universities from accepting foreign students if it is found out that their students take part in pro-Palestinian rallies protesting against the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza.
“Please tell everyone you know who is at a university to file complaints about foreign students and faculty who support Hamas,” Elizabeth Rand, president of a group called Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism, said in a January 21 post to more than 60,000 followers on Facebook. It included a link to an ICE tip line.
In early February, messages from a chat group frequented by Israelis living in New York were published online. “Do you know students at Columbia or any other university who are here on a study visa and participated in demonstrations against Israel?” one message said in Hebrew.
“If so, now is our time!” the message adds, accompanied by a link to the ICE hotline.
