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Breaking the Silence Profile picture
@BtSIsrael
Nov 8, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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BREAKING: @washingtonpost investigation reveals IDF rollout of "Blue Wolf" — highly invasive surveillance technology to record the personal data and keep track of Palestinians living in the West Bank.
This invasion of privacy is on a whole new level.
washingtonpost.com/world/middle_e…
According to testimonies given by soldiers to Breaking the Silence, IDF units in the West Bank were *incentivized to compete against each other* to photograph and collect the data of as many Palestinians as possible.
In the densely populated Palestinian city of Hebron, the IDF uses 'Hebron Smart City': smart CCTV cameras, radar, movement sensors and other hi-tech equipment to identify and track the Palestinian residents' every movement, throughout the city, in real time.
The investigation also reveals how Israeli settlers who employ Palestinians use an adjacent app, White Wolf, to scan Palestinian IDs, which feeds into the same system.
We've been 'making our presence felt' in Palestinian towns and villages, on street patrols and in home invasions, for decades now. But the use of cutting edge technology to do so, and on this scale, is unprecedented.
The Orwellian undertones of this story are deeply disturbing, but hardly surprising. While Israel prides itself on its thriving hi-tech economy and sells weapons and cyber technology around the world, we've been holding Palestinians under military occupation for 54 years now.
Our total disregard for Palestinian human rights means we can use this kind of technology without ever having to justify ourselves, without having to consider the implications on the lives of those living under our control.
As our exec director @AGvaryahu said: “Whilst surveillance & privacy are at the forefront of the global public discourse, we see here another disgraceful assumption by the Israeli govt and military that when it comes to Palestinians, basic human rights are simply irrelevant.”
And finally—
This story came to light thanks to the brave soldiers who came forward to breakingthesilence.org.il to testify about what they saw and did. It is due to their efforts and all those who have broken their silence, that the occupation will eventually be brought to an end.

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Israel approved the establishment of 34 settlements in the West Bank. New settlements are de facto approved by the state all the time, even if Israel only recognises them retrospectively. These are special. Their locations were selected after extensive and deliberate planning.🧵 Oren Ziv, Activestills, Homesh, 23.12.2
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“The army is implementing a large-scale engineering project: constructing a ground barrier stretching for many kilometres along the line.” An in-depth Haaretz investigation into what’s becoming the new border in Gaza: the Yellow Line and its deadly impact on Palestinians🧵 Screenshot from Haaretz
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The border police officers who massacred the Bani Odeh family won’t be questioned, as the evidence allegedly shows they shot “out of fear for their lives.” Two parents and their two children were killed, and the two surviving children were beaten. Let’s look at the “evidence” 🧵 Anne-Paq, Activestills, East-of-Nablus
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You have no future here and must leave is what an IDF commander told five Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley, according to multiple testimonies. The reason: the army plans to build a “security” fence there. It reminds us of something. Spoiler: it’s not about security 🧵
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