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Alan W. Dowd is a Senior Fellow with the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes on the full range of topics relating to national defense, foreign policy and international security. Dowd’s commentaries and essays have appeared in Policy Review, Parameters, Military Officer, The American Legion Magazine, The Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, The Claremont Review of Books, World Politics Review, The Wall Street Journal Europe, The Jerusalem Post, The Financial Times Deutschland, The Washington Times, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Examiner, The Detroit News, The Sacramento Bee, The Vancouver Sun, The National Post, The Landing Zone, Current, The World & I, The American Enterprise, Fraser Forum, American Outlook, The American and the online editions of Weekly Standard, National Review and American Interest. Beyond his work in opinion journalism, Dowd has served as an adjunct professor and university lecturer; congressional aide; and administrator, researcher and writer at leading think tanks, including the Hudson Institute, Sagamore Institute and Fraser Institute. An award-winning writer, Dowd has been interviewed by Fox News Channel, Cox News Service, The Washington Times, The National Post, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and numerous radio programs across North America. In addition, his work has been quoted by and/or reprinted in The Guardian, CBS News, BBC News and the Council on Foreign Relations. Dowd holds degrees from Butler University and Indiana University. Follow him at twitter.com/alanwdowd.

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Scott Tilley is a Senior Fellow at the American Security Council Foundation, where he writes the “Technical Power” column, focusing on the societal and national security implications of advanced technology in cybersecurity, space, and foreign relations.

He is an emeritus professor at the Florida Institute of Technology. Previously, he was with the University of California, Riverside, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute, and IBM. His research and teaching were in the areas of computer science, software & systems engineering, educational technology, the design of communication, and business information systems.

He is president and founder of the Center for Technology & Society, president and co-founder of Big Data Florida, past president of INCOSE Space Coast, and a Space Coast Writers’ Guild Fellow.

He has authored over 150 academic papers and has published 28 books (technical and non-technical), most recently Systems Analysis & Design (Cengage, 2020), SPACE (Anthology Alliance, 2019), and Technical Justice (CTS Press, 2019). He wrote the “Technology Today” column for FLORIDA TODAY from 2010 to 2018.

He is a popular public speaker, having delivered numerous keynote presentations and “Tech Talks” for a general audience. Recent examples include the role of big data in the space program, a four-part series on machine learning, and a four-part series on fake news.

He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Victoria (1995).

Contact him at stilley@cts.today.

Netanyahu appeals to China, Russia to help free Hamas hostages

Thursday, December 28, 2023

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Original Source: National Herald India
Updated: 26 Dec 2023, 10:52 AM

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Netanyahu specifically requested Xi's assistance in releasing Noa Argamani, whose mother, Liora, is from China and is a cancer patient

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appealed to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to speak with Hamas to release the citizens of their respective countries held captive by the outfit since October 7.

Netanyahu in a statement said that he has appealed to the Chinese President specifically for the release of Noa Argamani whose mother Liora is from China and was a cancer patient.

The Israeli Prime Minister said that he had appealed to President Xi through the Chinese Ambassador in Israel, Cai Run to speak on behalf of Liora to meet her daughter before she (Liora) dies.

Netanyahu, according to the statement, has informed Cai that the mother wants to see her daughter one last time and to request Xi to intervene.

The Israeli Prime Minister also said that he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and requested him to intervene on behalf of the Russian citizens who are being held captive by Hamas and other terror outfits in Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu also said that earlier he had requested Putin and there were positive results on the same.

Israel is engaged in a fierce conflict with Hamas in Gaza Strip where more than 20,000 Palestinians, including around 8,000 Hamas fighters have died so far. Israel retaliated after Hamas men swarmed into south Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people, injuring more than 3,000 and kidnapping 240 people. However, during a one week truce during the conflict from 24 November to 1 December, 105 hostages were released. Four of the hostages were released earlier and one woman soldier of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was rescued by the troops from Gaza. Of the remaining, Israel has confirmed that 22 are dead and that it has vowed to release those still held as captives.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum has been increasing pressure on the Government of Israel to try and work out a hostage deal for the release of all those in captivity.

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