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Israel’s use of AI in Gaza is a terrifying model coming to a country near you


Tel Aviv uses war and occupation to test the latest forms of killing and surveillance, as far-right forces around the globe watch and learn

In a recent investigation, The Washington Post revealed that Google “rushed to sell” artificial intelligence (AI) tools to Israel soon after the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 because it feared losing business to its rival, Amazon. Google, Microsoft and Amazon have not answered reasonable questions in recent years because they know the truth about their complicity in Israel’s secretive and deadly plans, likely fearing legal or political backlash. During the research for my book, podcast and new film with Al Jazeera English, The Palestine Laboratory, I uncovered that Israel’s military-industrial complex views its occupation as a vital testing ground for the latest forms of killing and surveillance.

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