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Pro-Palestine Protesters, AI, and Eric Adams: What I Saw at the 'Stand With Israeli Tech' Conference Before They Kicked Me Out


MindTheTech, a well-funded conference in Midtown focused on supporting the Israeli tech industry, was disrupted by pro-Palestine protesters on Monday morning.

MindTheTech, a well-funded conference in Midtown focused on supporting the Israeli tech industry, was disrupted by pro-Palestine protesters on Monday morning, who were promptly forced out of the event. Since October 7, Adams has expressed unconditional support for Israel and its military campaign in Gaza, and he has visited the country at least twice—once in 2014 as Brooklyn Borough President and again this past summer as mayor. Documents obtained by the Intercept show that computing capabilities in Project Nimbus can be used in service of surveillance, an integral aspect of Israel's occupation of the West Bank in particular.

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