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| AI in Israel's Bombing Campaign in Gaza, and the Religion Beat in Dallas |
| April 18, 2024 |
Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza is using AI tools and a shocking redefinition of collateral damage. Then, we talk with the religion reporter for the Dallas Morning News.
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| “…Quakers in Gaza Have a Long History” |
April 18, 2024 |
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Mike Merryman-Lotze is the Just Peace Global Policy Director at the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization headquartered in Philadelphia. He joins to share the struggles facing humanitarian workers in Gaza and explain why the organization has issued a global call for an unconditional ceasefire and the release of hostages. He describes why AFSC is calling on Western governments to halt the sale and transfer of weapons to conflict zones and for faith communities to work together as peacemakers.
Mike Merryman-Lotze, Just Peace Global Policy Director for the American Freind's Service Comity. As a member of the Global Policy, Strategy, and Advocacy Department, Mike leads AFSC’s global peace-building policy work, supporting both US and International staff and programs.
Visit AFSC's website to learn what you can do to end the suffering in Gaza. |
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| “...Project Lavender and Where Is Daddy” |
April 18, 2024 |
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Amjad Iraqi, senior editor at +972, describes the findings from an investigation into the Israeli military’s use of artificial intelligence and the targeting of low-level members of Hamas in their homes at a time when civilian casualties would be high.
Julia Bacha, Peabody and Guggenheim award-winning filmmaker and the Creative Director at Just Vision, an organization that fills a media gap in Israel-Palestine through independent storytelling.
Amjad Iraqi, Journalist with Local Call and +972 magazine. He broke this story with Meron Rapoport, also of Local Call.
Fadi Abu Shammala, Filmmaker working with Just Vision. Until recently, he worked in Gaza.
Annelle Sheline, Political scholar who recently resigned from her post with the United States Department of State in protest over the Biden Administration's policies towards Israel and Palestine.
Gabriel Shubiener works with No Tech for Apartheid and left his position at Google to draw attention to American tech companies' complicity with the Israeli government's war on the people of Gaza.
Read the Committee to Protect Journalists report on the Israeli-Gaza war here.
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| “...Covering Religion in North Texas” |
April 18, 2024 |
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Joy Ashford is the new religion reporter at the Dallas Morning News, supported by Report for America. They join us to share some of the stories Joy has been covering in North Texas.
Joy Ashford, Beat reporter covering faith and religion in North Texas for the Dallas Morning News. Previously, Joy worked as a co-op for The Boston Globe and interned with the Washington Monthly, The Delaware News Journal, and Philadelphia Magazine, Joy majored in social studies at Harvard, wrote a senior thesis on religious liberty, and has served as an executive editor, arch chair, and magazine staff writer for their student newspaper, The Harvard Crimson.
In 2023, Joy was named a finalist for the Society of Professional Journalist Cultural Criticism Award for their arts criticism at The Boston Globe.
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