Protesters in Sweden rally against Israel’s continued attacks on Gaza
The demonstration in Stockholm was organised by several nongovernmental organisations
Pro-Netanyahu US lawmaker faces call to resign for comments against Americans
US congressman Randy Fine has had to delete his social media post after he faced widespread condemnation for his objectionable comments about fellow citizens. Fine has been a target of several Conservative influencers such as Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and Brett Cooper in the past. Now leading American rights group, CAIR, has asked for Randy Fine’s resignation after he made objectionable comments during a Congressional hearing. Rifat Jawaid looks at Fine’s controversial past and explains why he’s grown emboldened over the years.
"Watched, Tracked & Targeted": Gaza Writer Mohammed Mhawish on Life Under Israeli Surveillance
Award-winning Palestinian reporter Mohammed Mhawish, who left Gaza last year, joins us to discuss his new piece for New York magazine about Israel's surveillance practices. It describes how Palestinians throughout the genocide in Gaza have been watched, tracked and often killed by Israeli forces who have access to their most intimate details, including phone and text records, social relations, drone footage, biometric data and artificial intelligence tools.
This all-encompassing surveillance system is "reshaping how people speak, how they're moving, how they're even thinking," says Mhawish. "It manufactured behavior for people, so they shrink their lives to reduce risk, they rehearse what version of themselves feels safest to present, and that creates an enormous psychological burden."
Mhawish also describes the terror of when his family's house was bombed, killing two of his cousins and two neighbors in an attack he says was linked to Israeli surveillance of his reporting activities. "I was being watched and tracked," he says.
