内容摘要：Lebanon’s cash-strapped government has been scrambling to secure international funds for the war reconstruction, which the World Bank estimates at over $11 billion.

Lebanon’s cash-strapped government has been scrambling to secure international funds for the war reconstruction, which the World Bank estimates at over $11 billion.

She was anything but a lone target. The same software was also used to review images taken duringat U.S. colleges. A right-wing Jewish group said some people identified with the tool were on a list of names it submitted to President Donald Trump’s administration, urging that they be deported in accordance with his

of foreign students who participated in “pro-jihadist” protests.Other pro-Israel groups have enlisted help from supporters on campuses, urging them to report foreign students who participated in protests against the war in Gaza to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.The push to identify masked protesters using facial recognition and turn them in is blurring the line between public law enforcement and private groups. And the efforts have stirred anxiety among foreign students worried that activism could jeopardize their legal status.

“It’s a very concerning practice. We don’t know who these individuals are or what they’re doing with this information,” said Abed Ayoub, national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. “Essentially the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”It’s unclear whether names from outside groups have reached top government officials. But concern about the pursuit of activists has risen since the March 8

, a Columbia University graduate student of Palestinian descent who helped lead demonstrations against Israel’s conduct of the war.

Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is seen at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)“The first time, thank God, my daughter-in-law was home, and she told me to hang up, but it was hard and I was trembling,” said Maracay dentist Esperanza de Andrade, who received three calls. “They told me my name, my children’s names, where they went to school, and that, of course, alarmed me greatly. They directly threatened my life and the lives of my children.”

De Andrade said the last call happened around Sept. 20, 2023, when 11,000 soldiers stormed the prison to regain control.Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)Family members of inmates watch as soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)