“A Systemic Disregard for Human Life”

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Our guest is Avner Gvaryahu, former executive director of Breaking the Silence, which takes testimony from former Israeli soldiers. He’s currently doing research at Oxford University on the use of AI in war. With all the debate around the new documentary, NAZA, I wanted to talk to Avner about the IDF and military culture and methods. We discuss: How the filmmakers kept its subjects anonymous Why the Israeli military ran out of military targets two days into the assault on Gaza How AI can turn soldiers into rubber stamps How the Israeli right is using NAZA to attack the Israeli center-left How Israeli “liberals” participated in the genocide