Listen "The Azure Unit 8200 Dragnet: Cloud, Code & Complicity Inside Microsoft & Israeli Military Intelligence’s Mass Palestinian Surveillance Machine"
Episode Synopsis
Send us a textOn this Beyond the Walls edition of Understanding Israel Palestine, Jeremy Rothe-Kushel proposes an evolving Beyond the Walls edition mission statement, covers the news and speaks with Harry Davies — Guardian investigations correspondent — about his investigations along with colleagues like Yuval Abraham — at +972 & Local Call — into the major project & contract by Israeli Military Intelligence Unit 8200 with Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Servers in Europe to bulk collect Palestinians’ communications of all sorts in order to mass surveil & target.———-Harry Davies:https://www.theguardian.com/profile/harry-davieshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloudhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/10/activists-in-netherlands-protest-on-roof-of-microsoft-site-storing-israeli-military-datahttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/15/microsoft-launches-inquiry-claims-israel-used-tech-mass-surveillance-palestiniansYuval Abraham:https://www.972mag.com/writer/yuval-abraham/https://www.972mag.com/microsoft-8200-intelligence-surveillance-cloud-azure/https://gijn.org/stories/investigating-israel-war-972-local-call/News Stories:1) https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-west-bank-e1-settlements-8a713939ee6f6552381246dacc8a13012) https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-calls-up-tens-thousands-reservists-before-new-gaza-offensive-2025-08-20/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/8/19/israeli-attacks-kill-35-palestinians-in-gaza3) https://zeteo.com/p/second-most-powerful-house-democrat-gaza-genocide4) https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/predator-spyware-firm-intellexa-resurgent-after-u-s-sanctions/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_815) https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-israel-national-cyber-directorate-official-arrested-suspicion-paedophiliaIf you are interested in future access to further Beyond the Walls edition archives, extended episodes and more, you can sign up for the Beyond the Walls archive/newsletter here:https://beyondthewalls.substack.com
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