The EU is pushing ahead with a controversial data-sharing agreement with Israel despite warnings that it could enable the targeting and killing of Palestinians, an investigation by the NGO Statewatch has found.

Under the plans, the bloc’s law enforcement agency, Europol, would exchange sensitive personal information about Palestinians with Israel’s police force, which is headquartered in the illegally occupied West Bank.

There is also concern the deal could harm members of the Palestinian diaspora, with a risk that activists in Europe could be targeted.

The data would include names, identification numbers, locations, genetic and biometric information and details about people’s political views, beliefs and personal lives.

Since 2005, the EU has run a mission in the West Bank to support the Palestinian Authority with policing. Rights activists have previously warned that the data sharing deal could turn members of this civilian mission into “informants” for Israel.

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[–] 3 points 3 months ago

No one else, other than the US can be such a bad actor and still given unequivocal trust and protection. Its like supplying a pedo with kids in case it will be okay this time.

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    [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Israel has more data on EU citizens than the EU does.

    EU (The EPP) are very hungry for our data at the minute, and are so desperate that they don't care how they get it.

    Metsola forced through the very undemocratic vote to keep in chat Control.

    They have also continued the process of reversing GDPR and handing all of the data to the lobbying U.S. big techs.

    EPP have far too much power in the EU.

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    Europeans when Europeans do things that they've done for centuries.

    The imperialism, colonialism, looting, religious indoctrination, widespread slavery, racism, fascism, embroiling the whole world into war, twice, was also fear mongering?

    Israel is an extension of exactly same mentality, so no wonder they are cozy with each other.

    Now say "Every country does bad things, and scale doesn't matter, so they're all exactly the same thing"

    Fear mongering is you racist lot having self reflection that make you believe the "immigrants" will do the same things your ancestors did to theirs, like erase their "lifestyle and culture"

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    [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I can't fly to Venus.
    ffs, do I only migrate to Iceland‽

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    [–] 8 points 3 months ago