  Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images A speaker at the conference wrote on Oct. 7 that ‘’the message of the resistance is clear, it has started and it shall escalate and shall impose a new reality.’Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is backing out of appearing at a conference next week for an organization whose leaders have expressed support for Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and have ties to U.S.-designated terrorist groups. The Palestine Digital Activist Forum is a two-day online event that aims to “empower and enrich Palestinian digital activity,” with sessions this year that include “The Palestinian Telecommunications Sector: Between War, Destruction, Innovation and Artificial Intelligence” and “AI in Wartime: Gaza, Automated Warfare, Surveillance and the Battle of Narratives.” Warren’s 45-minute talk, which her team tells Jewish Insider has since been canceled, was titled “How do we protect the public and develop ethical artificial intelligence?” “Senator Warren will not participate in the digital forum,” a spokesperson in Warren’s office said. “Her office has received a large volume of claims about individuals associated with the event, and, although we do not assume any of the claims are true, we have not had capacity to sift through it all and have decided to focus our time and energy opposing [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s unfolding catastrophe in Gaza in other ways.” Warren has been one of the Senate’s most vocal critics of Israel’s war in Gaza, and in January floated the idea of imposing restrictions on military aid to Israel. She voted in favor of the national security supplemental (which provided aid to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan) in April, but said that same month that she believed international officials would find that the war in Gaza legally constitutes a genocide. You May Have MissedREPORT CARDJINSA report defends Israel’s conduct in Gaza but critiques its larger strategyThe report scrutinizes Israel’s struggles to administer cleared areas of Gaza, prepare a post-Hamas plan and communicate effectively in the international press. ISRAEL BOUNDIsrael to launch travel authorization program for foreign visitorsThe new system is similar to those used in the United States, Canada and Australia. Read more...       |
5.30.2024
Elizabeth Warren withdraws from Palestinian conference over organizers’ Oct. 7 praise
