Zionist groups use facial recognition tech to identify pro-Palestine activists: Report

Zionist groups in the United States have been using facial recognition technology to identify and report pro-Palestinian activists rallying against the Israeli regime’s genocidal war on Gaza to US federal agents, a report has revealed.

According to an investigation by AP, foreign activists who took part in widespread campus protests against US support for the Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza are being exposed by pro-Israeli groups who are using facial recognition technology to identify them.

According to the report, a New York-based software engineer named Eliyahu Hawila provided a facial recognition tool he built and called NesherAI to the Zionist organization Betar US.

The Zionist organization used the tool to identify masked pro-Palestinian protesters, compiling a list of them, which was then handed over to US federal officials to clamp down on them.

“It’s a very concerning practice,” said Abed Ayoub, National Executive Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “Essentially, the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”

US President Donald Trump, during his campaign trail, promised his supporters that he would clamp down on student demonstrators he accused of “un-American activity.”

After returning to the White House, he signed an executive order ordering officials to deport foreign students who had participated in pro-Palestinian protests.

The Trump administration prompted related federal agencies to take a tougher stance against foreigners supportive of the Palestinian cause.

Far-Right Betar group sends list of thousands of pro-Palestinian activists to Trump admin. for deportation

The American branch of the Betar Zionist movement, Betar US, has sent "thousands of names" of Palestine defenders to the administration of President Donald Trump for potential arrest and deportation.

So far, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have identified a multitude of foreign students for their activism in support of Palestine and against the US-Israeli genocide.

“It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” State Secretary Marco Rubio said last week when asked about the ongoing crackdown on pro-Palestinian students and academics.

The Trump administration has threatened to ban certain universities from accepting foreign students if it is found out that their students take part in pro-Palestinian rallies protesting against the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza.

“Please tell everyone you know who is at a university to file complaints about foreign students and faculty who support Hamas,” Elizabeth Rand, president of a group called Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism, said in a January 21 post to more than 60,000 followers on Facebook. It included a link to an ICE tip line.

In early February, messages from a chat group frequented by Israelis living in New York were published online. “Do you know students at Columbia or any other university who are here on a study visa and participated in demonstrations against Israel?” one message said in Hebrew.

“If so, now is our time!” the message adds, accompanied by a link to the ICE hotline.

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