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American Jewish family linked to Levi Strauss provoked pro-Palestinian protests across US colleges: Report

The Bafrayung Fund, financed by Levi Strauss heirs, supported anti-Israel activism on more that 30 US college campuses.

One of America’s most venerable and politically active Jewish families reportedly funnelled tens of thousands of dollars to organizations to provoke pro-Palestinian riots on college campuses.

This family, which houses a sitting US congressman and an ex-ambassadorship to Jerusalem, is essentially blessed and owes it fortune to Levi Strauss, the denim tycoons.

A recent report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP), which is a think-tank sponsored by Israel, stated that the Bafrayung Fund was the biggest sponsor of pro-Palestinian activist groups participating in college demonstrations.

It includes gifts to any group that has ever sponsored such events. It confirms that the Bafrayung Fund, headquartered in Covina, California, is consistently providing support to the Palestinian Youth Movement, which has been instrumental in recent campus encampments, as well as its allies, the Arab Resource and Organizing Center and Critical Resistance.

Each of these organizations has used “from the river to the sea” as their controversial slogan, whereas critics claim it means the destruction of Israel. However, there are those, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), who refute this characterization.

Levi Strauss scion behind campus anti-Israel protests: Report

Behind the Bafrayung Fund is 33-year-old Rachel Gelman, a Bay Area resident and scion of the Levi Strauss family, and cousin to Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY). The Fund's money comes from Gelman and the Morningstar Philanthropic Foundation, her parents' charity. Her parents are major Democratic Party donors and own a chain of publications for East Coast Jewish communities. They have long been active in organizations promoting American-Israeli relations.

Rachel Gelman's mother, Susie Gelman, was appointed last summer by President Joe Biden to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Susie Gelman's grandfather, Walter Haas, transformed Levi Strauss into a global denim brand, and her father, Richard Goldman, founded a major insurance company. Her late brother was a federal prosecutor and father to the current U.S. representative.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/american-jewish-family-linked-to-levi-strauss-provoked-pro-palestinian-protests-across-us-colleges-report-101716927535569.html

School To Use Remote Tracking Wristbands On Children

A school in Switzerland has controversially announced it will trial tracking wristbands on children to keep tabs on their location.

As highlighted by Remix News, Swiss outlet Neue Zürcher Zeitung reports that the Letten after-school care centre in Birmensdorf will require kids to wear the Bluetooth tech at all times during care hours unless parents specifically opt out.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/school-use-remote-tracking-wristbands-children

Get them used to being tracked for adulthood

What's Next For Battlefield America? Israel's High-Tech Military Tactics Point The Way

If you want a glimpse of the next stage of America’s transformation into a police state, look no further than how Israel - a long-time recipient of hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign aid from the U.S. - uses its high-tech military tactics, surveillance and weaponry to advance its authoritarian agenda.

Military checkpoints. Wall-to-wall mass surveillance. Predictive policing. Aerial surveillance that tracks your movements wherever you go and whatever you do. AI-powered facial recognition and biometric programs carried out with the knowledge or consent of those targeted by it. Cyber-intelligence. Detention centers. Brutal interrogation tactics. Weaponized drones. Combat robots.

We’ve already seen many of these military tactics and technologies deployed on American soil and used against the populace, especially along the border regions, a testament to the heavy influence Israel’s military-industrial complex has had on U.S. policing.

Indeed, Israel has become one of the largest developers and exporters of military weapons and technologies of oppression worldwide.

Journalist Antony Loewenstein has warned that Pegasus, one of Israel’s most invasive pieces of spyware, which allows any government or military intelligence or police department to spy on someone’s phone and get all the information from that phone, has become a favorite tool of oppressive regimes around the world. The FBI and NYPD have also been recipients of the surveillance technology which promises to turn any “target’s smartphone into an intelligence gold mine.”

Yet it’s not just military weapons that Israel is exporting. They’re also helping to transform local police agencies into extensions of the military.

According to The Intercept, thousands of American law enforcement officers frequently travel for training to Israel, “one of the few countries where policing and militarism are even more deeply intertwined than they are here,” as part of an ongoing exchange program that largely flies under the radar of public scrutiny.

A 2018 investigative report concluded that imported military techniques by way of these exchange programs that allow police to study in Israel have changed American policing for the worse. “Upon their return, U.S. law enforcement delegates implement practices learned from Israel’s use of invasive surveillance, blatant racial profiling, and repressive force against dissent,” the report states. “Rather than promoting security for all, these programs facilitate an exchange of methods in state violence and control that endanger us all.”

“At the very least,” notes journalist Matthew Petti, “visits to Israel have helped American police justify more snooping on citizens and stricter secrecy. Critics also assert that Israeli training encourages excessive force.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/whats-next-battlefield-america-israels-high-tech-military-tactics-point-way