ISRAELI AID TEAM IN MOROCCO SAVES LIVES

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The United Hatzalah delegation on the ground in Morocco is treating some 150-200 people a day, according to the organization’s director of French operations.

(JNS) Israeli United Hatzalah volunteers working in earthquake-stricken Morocco have pivoted from search and rescue to treating victims.

In a phone call with the Tazpit Press Service from the rural Moroccan village of Askouen, Hatzalah’s director of French operations, Samuel Arrouas, said, “Now we’re treating people who, for example… can’t get the medicines they need.”

United Hatzalah is an Israeli non-profit emergency medical services organization.

At least 3,000 people have died since a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco on Sept. 8. The quake, whose epicenter was near Marrakech, devastated rural villages where thousands of homes collapsed, trapping people in the rubble.

Within 24 hours, a Hatzalah delegation was on the ground, involved in search and rescue operations.

Arrouas said the delegation has been traveling around rural Morocco, setting up a field clinic in small communities and treating people. Locations were chosen in consultation with local community leaders.

“We’re seeing people who didn’t have a lot, [and] who lost everything,” said Arrouas. “People with diabetes or high blood pressure who lost their medicine. People who broke a leg and now it’s infected, or they’re dehydrated. We’re treating on average 150-200 people a day.”

Arrouas said that when there’s free time, the volunteers spend time with Moroccan children, drawing pictures, passing out balloons and distributing toys.

“It’s like they’ve never seen toys in rural areas,” said Arrouas. “Most of the kids don’t go to school. They start working at a young age, and now they’ve lost their parents, and Israelis are passing out bread and playing with them.”

He told TPS about one eight-year-old boy who received a piece of candy from another humanitarian delegation and shared the treat with the Israelis “as a thank you” gesture.

“The Moroccans love Israel. They’re happy we’re there,” he said.

The aid work also meant spending Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, in the Atlas Mountains, away from families back in Israel. But saving lives “comes before everything,” Arrouas stressed.

Asked how the situation compares to other disaster areas he’s worked in, Arrouas said Morocco’s earthquake was “different” from the quake in February that killed more than 67,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

“In Turkey, buildings were higher and people were buried in the rubble for a long time,” he said. “Here, the buildings aren’t as solid, but it was easier to get people out because the homes were simpler.”

Israel and Morocco normalized relations in December 2020 as part of the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords. An estimated one million Israelis are either from Morocco or are of Moroccan descent. Approximately 3,000 Jews currently live in the North African country.

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Bennett Stresses the Significance of AI Importance

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In a long Twitter post, Bennett stressed the significance of AI and the important role Israeli high-tech should play in its development.

 “There is no time to lose. The State of Israel must set itself a clear goal: To become one of the three leading artificial intelligence (AI) powers in the world by 2030,” wrote former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a Twitter post stressing the significance of AI and the important role Israeli high-tech should play in its development.

 The world is racing forward with technology that is going to change reality as we know it. Artificial intelligence technology is advancing at an exponential rate all over the world, and it marks the biggest revolution of our generation,” wrote Bennett. 

“Many of us have experienced a first taste using ChatGPT that amazes everyone who uses it. And it is clear to all of us that we are at the very beginning of AI. We haven't seen anything yet.”

 Bennett noted that in his recent travels around the world, AI is the main issue preoccupying companies and world leaders. “Everyone understands that whoever misses the revolution will remain irrelevant, like a horse-drawn carriage driver in the era of cars,” explained Bennett.

 “Artificial intelligence is going to change, disrupt, and transform almost all areas of our lives in a radical way, and all this in the near time frame of the next few years.”

Bennett went on to break down the influence he believes AI will have on a variety of sectors and added some personal insights. “Education will change completely as a student will be able to learn and progress at a pace and in a way that matches their abilities, inclinations, and interests,” wrote Bennett. 

“The role of teachers will change dramatically, and it is still difficult to predict how. Interim proposal: Instead of schools and universities banning students from using ChatGPT, they should encourage as much intelligent use as possible.

 “The field of health and medical treatment will undergo a revolution of optimization and upgrading. AI will become an indispensable tool for every doctor. Israel, with its health funds and health system, can take the lead.”

 Bennett noted how AI tools will be able to replace a significant part of the work of lawyers and that in the near future judges will use AI to help them make decisions.

In regards to the security sector, Bennett said: “Every army in the world should now adopt technologies that could replace sending soldiers to the front. Suppose there is an enemy-saturated village. Before you send troops in, maybe send dozens of drones, small robots, and mini-vehicles to roam the village, study it, then attack. If we don't do it, our enemies will.”

 Bennett concluded by saying that the Israeli government must immediately define leadership in the field of artificial intelligence as a central goal for the State of Israel. “It is likely that the U.S. and China will be the global leaders because they have the resources to do so, and also because both have already marked it as an urgent national goal. For them, it is somewhat similar to the nuclear race in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Spotlighting the Israeli Police, Downplaying the Intra-Eritrean Riot

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On September 2, 2023, the streets of south Tel Aviv were turned into a warzone as rival groups of Eritrean expats battled amongst themselves and then, later, with the Israeli police, who were attempting to disperse the melee.4:00 pm

On September 2, 2023, the streets of south Tel Aviv were turned into a warzone as rival groups of Eritrean expats battled amongst themselves and then, later, with the Israeli police, who were attempting to disperse the melee.

The riot began when Eritreans opposed to the dictatorial regime in their home country confronted a group of Eritreans celebrating the African country’s independence. The confrontation quickly turned into a full-blown rampage, with members of both the pro-government and opposition camps attacking each other with pieces of lumber, metal, rocks, and at least one axe.

Ultimately, the Israeli police were forced to use a variety of riot dispersal methods, including tear gas, stun grenades, and live ammunition fired in the air, to quell the riot and return calm to the area.

With roughly 150 people injured, the brawl garnered a significant amount of international media attention.

While most of the media accurately portrayed the riot, several news outlets disproportionately focused on the police response, creating the false impression that the tumult was essentially a dispute between Eritrean refugees and the Israeli police.

Several commentators on social media also used the police response as an opportunity to malign the Jewish state.

Spotlighting the Israeli Police, Downplaying the Intra-Eritrean Riot

Several international news outlets played down the violent clash between the two groups of Eritreans and instead focused heavily on the Israeli police’s response.

For example, the BBC’s initial headline reported it as “Police clash with Eritrean asylum seekers.” Even though the headline was later updated, the article continued to dedicate several paragraphs to the police response while only briefly referring to the violent confrontation between the Eritrean groups in two paragraphs.

The BBC report even went so far as to implicitly blame Israel for the rampage, claiming that it “was sparked after activists opposed to the Eritrean government said they asked Israeli authorities to cancel an embassy event on Saturday.”

Similarly, The Guardian’s report, under the headline “Eritrean asylum seekers and police injured in clashes in Israel,” dedicated the majority of its coverage to the skirmish between the police and the Eritrean rioters.

When referencing the initial clashes that pre-empted the police response, The Guardian only mentioned a “demonstration” that “turned violent” as well as “clashes…between supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime.”

This is a far cry from its coverage of a similar riot in early August in Sweden. In that instance, nearly the entire piece was dedicated to describing the intra-communal fighting and not the police’s response.

This false portrayal of the riot as primarily a clash between the police and Eritrean refugees was also evident in Sky News’ headline, “More than 140 injured in clashes between Eritrean asylum seekers and Israeli police.”

Voice of America’s one-minute video, “Eritrean Asylum-Seekers Clash With Israeli Police,” predominantly featured images of the police response and almost no coverage of the violent skirmishes that precipitated the response.

The story was not newsworthy for The New York Times until, 24 hours later, the Israeli government began discussing a plan to deport those who had engaged in the violence, contributing to a false and misleading media narrative that portrays the Israeli police and government as the aggressors and victimizers of Eritrean refugees.

Misrepresenting the Riot on Social Media

Some anti-Israel social media personalities took their hate to the extreme by erasing any mention of the clash between the two Eritrean groups and portraying the Israeli police as using deadly force without provocation.

The British rapper Lowkey claimed that “Israeli police opened fire with live ammunition on a protest of Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv” while pro-Palestinian activist Heather Alexandra was more blunt in her revolting message by tweeting that “Israeli police fired live bullets at black people in Tel Aviv today.” 

Israeli police fire with live ammunition on  protest of Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv.

Over 100 protestors are injured, including 13 in serious condition.

Just another day in a racist state. pic.twitter.com/O0qtX5fZdu

— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) September 2, 2023

Independent journalist Rafael Shimunov claimed that “There are images of corpses of Eritrean refugees who were murdered by Israeli police in a playground” (even though there were no reported deaths from the riot at the time of his tweet) and that “Their ‘crime’ was protesting an event by the Eritrean embassy. Rather than deescalate…they used bullets and will now smear the dead.”

Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti tweeted that “Israeli police are brutally cracking down on Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv,” adding that this signified the “essence and core of Israeli supremacy. A single ethnoreligious state for White Jewish people.”

Barghouti clearly doesn’t account for the fact that the vast majority of Israeli citizens are of non-European descent.

Various skirmishes have occurred around the world between expatriate Eritrean supporters and opponents of its government. However, only the melee that occurred in Israel seems to have resulted in a change of narrative to turn an intra-Eritrean conflict into one between the police and Eritrean expats.

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US Marines to buy Israeli Iron Dome Batteries

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The US Marine Corps is reportedly planning to purchase dozens of Iron Dome launchers and thousands of interceptor missiles in a deal that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. 

The deal, which would see the USMC purchase three batteries’ worth of the Iron Dome system, would be conducted with Raytheon, which has a deal with Israeli manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to distribute the system to the United States.

The deal was reported on by defense news website The WarZone on Saturday, citing a procurement notice of intent publicly available online.

The prime contractor for the development and production of the Iron Dome is Rafael, who adapted the system to USMC requirements and assisted with testing support.

As part of the deal, the USMC will purchase 44 launchers and 1,840 Tamir interceptors.

Last year, The Jerusalem Post reported reported on the completion of a series of interception tests on an air defense system using the Tamir Interceptor.

The experiment included a series of three tests carried out over the course of several months. The system successfully intercepted a variety of targets.

The Iron Dome, which was first developed in Israel but was expanded significantly with US funding, has been in operational use for over a decade in Israel, principally against short-range rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, but also along the Lebanese and Syrian borders. It currently represents the lowest tier of the country’s multi-leveled air defense array, joined by the mid-range David’s Sling, and the long-range Arrow missile systems.

The Iron Dome has intercepted thousands of projectiles in its years in service, and has been credited with saving hundreds of lives since it was first deployed in 2011.

Israel is meanwhile developing a high-powered laser-based air defense system, dubbed Iron Beam, which will work in tandem with the Iron Dome at the bottom of Israel’s multi-tiered air defense array.

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