IDF Commanders Face Disciplinary Measures Over Qalandiyah Incident

2 Thursday, March 3, 2016 | Haaretz Analysis Oded Yaron IDF commanders face disciplinary With Waze, your measures over Qalandiyah incident privacy is at risk New research published contradiction of countless on fire. One soldier man- commander of Oketz, who The investigation of the whereabouts of one soldier The soldiers’ vehicle by the Georgia Institute of declarations by the compa- Gili Cohen aged to get to a nearby Jew- holds the rank of lieutenant incident concluded that the were unknown for more was attacked with stones Technology reveals that ny, and its parent, Google. Disciplinary mea- ish settlement while the colonel, and the commander two soldiers who strayed than an hour. and Molotov cocktails, one people will listen to robots Anyone who burrows sures will be taken against other hid in the camp un- of the company involved. into the refugee camp As per the military’s or- of which set it ablaze. The in case of an emergency, into the company’s privacy several commanders in the til he was rescued by IDF Both will receive a notation should not be punished, ders, any soldier traveling soldiers exited the vehicle even if they lead them policy and the long list of Israel Defense Forces elite forces. The two soldiers regarding their conduct in and praised them for their in the West Bank must know and split up. One hid in a into dangerous situations. things that Waze permits Oketz unit following an inci- themselves have not been their personnel files and conduct under the circum- the route ahead of time. nearby yard while the other Perhaps the research is itself to do with the infor- dent Monday night, in which disciplined. the deputy company com- stances. The initial inquiry Five IDF soldiers and proceeded toward the Jew- important, but it’s hard to mation it collects will find two soldiers traveling in an Following an army inves- mander has been given a revealed that the pair, an five members of the Border ish settlement of Kochav say that it is surprising. the following clause — the army vehicle took a wrong tigation of the incident in the probationary sentence that army driver and squad com- Police were injured — one Yaakov. The soldier who After all, one incident this only one that can be inter- turn into the Qalandiyah camp, located north of Je- will include jail time if its mander from Oketz, entered moderately — during the remained in the camp had week served as a painful preted as protecting the refugee camp in the West rusalem, chief infantry and terms are violated. The pla- the camp by mistake while nighttime operation to res- a mobile phone, which he reminder of the price we company’s actions: “Waze Bank and were attacked by paratrooper officer Brig. toon commander is being using the Waze GPS naviga- cue the soldiers. One Pales- used to contact his com- pay for putting our trust may use information col- residents. Gen. Yehuda Fox decided stripped of his position and tion app. The two separated tinian, who the army said manders. He also used his in technology and the com- lected from or provided by The soldiers abandoned to discipline a number of sentenced to seven days in after their vehicle was at- was armed, was killed by weapon a number of times, panies that stand behind it. you for the following pur- the vehicle after it was set commanders, including the military detention. tacked in the camp, and the army fire. firing into the air. This is not only about poses: … To take any action the soldiers who mistaken- in any case of dispute, or le- ly entered the Qalandiyah gal proceeding of any kind refugee camp and miracu- between you and the Ser- 2 soldiers stabbed at lously made it out alive. vice, or between you and The soldiers claimed that other users or third parties they were relying on the with respect to, or in rela- W. Bank settlement; traffic app Waze, and the tion with the Service.” application misled them. Attorney Yonatan assailants get away This could have happened Klinger checked if this in many ways: bad GPS re- clause covers the company had been stolen during the ception; misunderstanding in this case, and responded Gili Cohen attack, but they were later the application’s instruc- that it only allows transfer- and Chaim Levinson found at the guard post. tions; or the algorithm ring information to law en- Two Israeli soldiers Apparently, the soldiers deciding that the best way forcement authorities. were stabbed yesterday in didn’t have their guns on passed through Qalandi- an attack by Palestinians them when they were at- yah. However, all of them at a settlement in the north- tacked. touch on matters between ern West Bank, the IDF Meanwhile, an Israeli man and application. Tech- The moment we Spokesman’s Unit said. resident of the West Bank nology, just like people, is One soldier was taken in settlement Eli was light- imperfect, and the connec- were reminded light-to-moderate condition ly wounded in a stabbing tion between the two, even of the danger in by Magen David Adom am- attack yesterday morning. less so. A small glitch in bulance service for further Two Palestinian suspects the matrix, and the results blind reliance on treatment at Beilinson Hos- were shot and killed by Is- can be catastrophic. technology was pital in Petah Tikva. The raeli soldiers after initially The moment we were other soldier was treated at fleeing the scene. reminded of the great dan- when the company the scene by army medics, According to initial re- ger in blind reliance on blamed the soldiers emergency services said. ports, the Palestinians infil- technology, and especially The soldiers were stabbed trated the settlement, locat- those behind it, was when for not following the while guarding at a post ed southeast of Ariel, and the company responded to app’s instructions. at the Har Bracha settle- waited outside of a home journalists — and blamed ment in the northern West with batons and a knife. the soldiers for not follow- Bank, near Nablus, the IDF The Israeli was said to ing the app’s instructions. Spokesperson’s Unit said. have emerged from his “[Waze] includes a spe- Blogger and journalist The assailants fled the house in an Israel Defense cific default setting that Ido Keinan, who also wrote scene, and military forces Forces uniform on his way Soldiers patrolling the West Bank town of Eli after yesterday morning’s attack. prevents routes through about the incident in his were sweeping the area in to report for reserve duty areas which are marked as “Room 404” blog, remarked attempt to locate them. when he was attacked. The Israeli wounded was Palestinian suspect alleged- 21, reportedly confessed to security guard in critical dangerous or prohibited for that the details of the re- A preliminary investi- The wounded reservist taken to Shaare Zedek Med- ly involved in an ax attack the attack during his initial condition as a result of the Israelis to drive through,” sponse shows that Waze gation showed that troops managed to scare off his at- ical Center in Jerusalem for in the West Bank settlement interrogation and was tak- attack. Abu Hamed and the the company said. “In takes the least efficient ap- called to the scene of the tackers, who fled the scene further treatment. of Ma’aleh Adumim on the en in for additional ques- security guard reportedly this case, the setting was proach to protecting user stabbings feared at first before soldiers found them On Sunday, the Shin Bet previous Thursday. tioning. He is suspected of had reportedly been ac- disabled. In addition, the privacy. It protects users’ that the soldiers’ weapons and shot them to death. security service arrested a Sa’adi Ali Abu Hamed, leaving a 47-year-old Israeli quainted. driver deviated from the specific information (as suggested route and, as a it notes in its users agree- result, entered the prohib- ment) without destroying it ited area.” or at least encoding it and Man charged for anti- What’s amazing is that leaving the decoding keys Police ditch sensitivity training Waze answered a question in the users’ hands. that was never asked. In In other words, the next Arab Facebook page the mail I sent, I relied on time you see a screen start- program about Arab society the Facebook post of jour- ing with the words “Waze the slain anti-Arab Rabbi nalist Haim Har-Zahav, in Mobile Limited respects Noa Shpigel Meir Kahane, whose Kach was approved by succes- we asked the police what con- er sad example of how the po- which he mentioned earlier your privacy,” or when Yaniv Kubovich The Northern District movement was banned as sive police commissioners tent they were teaching, and lice relate to the Arab public.” reports, such as those on Google (or its umbrella prosecutor’s office yester- racist by the Israeli govern- The Israel Police has ter- and public security minis- only then did a police car show The Israel Police, accord- Ynet, that Waze changed group Alphabet) again day filed an indictment in ment. The indictment noted minated its connection with ters. The issue became part up with a request for binders ing to a spokesman, is operat- the navigation settings blames the American gov- Nazareth Magistrate’s Court that the Facebook page was the Abraham Fund, which of the training program for and study materials. This is ing on “a variety of levels to for Israeli users following ernment for risking its us- against an Upper Nazareth active at a time when sever- for 12 years has been oper- police, particularly for pa- sending an important project increase the sense of security the rise in tensions in East ers’ privacy, remember that man who ran an anti-Arab al terrorist murders, along ating a project to promote trol units.

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