Counterterrorism

• Following this hearing, the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism will take up the related issue of the national correctional staffing crisis.
• These hearings follow a devastating report by the Department of Justice Inspector General on 344 deaths of men and women incarcerated in the Federal Bureau of Prisons over an eight-year period.
• “A sentence in federal prison should be a just penalty, not a disposal of humanity.
• “Prison Fellowship applauds the Senate Judiciary Committee for taking up these pressing issues of safety for men and women who live or work in prison.

• View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231205765350/en/
  U.S. Department of Defense Deploys Everbridge to Keep Attendees Safe During the 124th Army-Navy Game.
• “Over the years we have heavily relied on the utilization of JARVISS and its team from Everbridge for our annual Army-Navy football game.
• The game has been frequently attended by sitting U.S. presidents and has been nationally televised each year since 1945.
• Everbridge and its public safety solutions make it easy for attendees, visitors, and residents to receive important safety and event information before, during, and after large gatherings.

• Armed with a team of cyber-experts, Vehere is ready to demonstrate its AI Counter-Terrorism Platform at Milipol Paris (Booth E001, Hall 5), highlighting its indispensable role in ensuring national security.
• Praveen Jaiswal , the Co-Founder of the company, commented on Vehere's presence at Milipol Paris, stating, "We have had the privilege of participating in Milipol Paris in the past, and we are thrilled to return this year.
• This event provides us with an exceptional opportunity to showcase our ground-breaking AI Counter-Terrorism Platform to a wide audience.
• Vehere stands as the only tech company, offering a unified platform that provides a holistic approach towards detecting and mitigating cyber threats effectively."

• Representing Israeli-based Women Wage Peace and Palestinian-based Women of the Sun, this feminist peace coalition called on political leaders to negotiate an end to the bloodshed and resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
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  Israel seems poised for a massive invasion of Gaza rather than prolonged attrition

Difficult statement

• A week later, the movement issued a full statement on the rapid escalation of violence in Gaza:
  “Every mother, Jewish and Arab, gives birth to her children to see them grow and flourish and not to bury them.
• That’s why, even today, amid the pain and the feeling that the belief in peace has collapsed, we extend a hand in peace to the mothers of Gaza and the West Bank.” This was undoubtedly a difficult statement to write through their grief and anguish.
• But this statement of cross-community solidarity — steadfastly insisting on peace in the face of war — is emblematic of the power and resolve of feminist anti-war collective action.
• Today, the partnership between the two organizations is the result of earlier iterations of women-led peace activism throughout the conflict.

Other peace movements

• Similarly, in the mid-1990s, Palestinian and Israeli feminists formed a feminist peace initiative called the Jerusalem Link following the Oslo peace process, initiated in 1993.
• These are hard-fought feminist peace movements that are difficult to sustain amid occupation and war.
• I once interviewed Palestinian and Israeli peace activists representing Women in Black and the Jerusalem Link while researching feminist peace communities in Israel and the occupied West Bank in the mid-2000s.

Entrenching divisions

• But when political leaders like Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cast Palestinian solidarity demonstrations as “a glorification of violence,” it entrenches the very kinds of divisions that Israeli and Palestinian people are working to overcome every day.
• The 1993 Oslo peace accords introduced the “two-state solution” and initiated a “peace process,” calling for Palestinian self-government and promising Palestinian political autonomy.

Resolution worthless?

• And if that agenda doesn’t mean something now, it’s worthless.”
  “We’ve had 20 years plus of the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
• And if that agenda doesn’t mean something now, it’s worthless.” The peace community is awaiting news of Silver, the missing Women Wage Peace activist.
• Of not striving for peace, and this is what happens.” Today, Palestinians in Gaza are living this reality following Israel’s warning to evacuate.