Joe Biden's Press Secretary Allegedly Worked For Israeli Spy Firm

As reported by Haaretz, AnyVision aided the Israeli army in the West Bank by providing it with facial recognition technology to monitor checkpoints that thousands of Palestinians passed through daily.

"The product lets the army quickly identify whether the person passing through has an Israeli work permit, thereby shortening the wait at the border."

"The product lets the army quickly identify whether the person passing through has an Israeli work permit, thereby shortening the wait at the border."

Elsewhere, AnyVision reportedly helped the army monitor more private regions outside of standard border crossings

"Cameras deep inside the West Bank try to spot and monitor potential Palestinian assailants," Haaretz reported.

According to Haaretz, AnyVision has deep ties to Israel. 

The company's president, Amir Kain, previously headed the Israeli defense ministry’s security department.

In addition, company adviser Tamir Pardo previously headed the Mossad assassination and spying agency.

The Electronic Intifada claimed that the links tie AnyVision to Israel's alleged apartheid regime and show the company helping perpetuate the country's efforts.

"In other words, AnyVision was reportedly an integral part of what Israel’s leading human rights group B’Tselem recently described as an 'apartheid regime' established to perpetuate 'the supremacy of one group – Jews – over another – Palestinians,'" the publication wrote.

After NBC News probed the covert surveillance project and underlined the lack of Palestinian rights in the West Bank, AnyVision’s co-founder Eylon Etshtein pushed back on criticism.

"He disputed that the West Bank was ‘occupied’ and questioned the motivation of the NBC News inquiry, suggesting the reporter must have been funded by a Palestinian activist group," NBC News claimed.

The report focused on Microsoft's $74 million investment in AnyVision and subsequent withdrawal of involvement from the company after the #DropAnyVision campaign spearheaded by Palestinian activists and human rights groups.

Amid the Israel-Gaza conflict, Biden's record on Israel has come under renewed scrutiny.

As The Inquisitr reported, journalist Glenn Greenwald previously called him a "servile steadfast supporter" of the country and underlined the politician's extreme support of the region's government.

The scrutiny came after Biden's administration blocked a  United Nations Security Council statement on the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Per Ali Jazeera, Biden later pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to move toward a ceasefire.

“The two leaders had a detailed discussion on the state of events in Gaza, Israel’s progress in degrading the capabilities of Hamas and other terrorist elements, and ongoing diplomatic efforts by regional governments and the United States," a White House spokesperson said.