Hiba Qasas

It's wild.

You know, the leadership in many countries are becoming very trigger-happy.

And this is a significant concern.

And I think we have a collective responsibility to try and bring some sense back that, look, in this era of might and right and return of brute force and decline of international humanitarian law and where international law is constantly being violated.

Yeah.

We need more voices and more responsible leadership to curb this reflex because it is very dangerous.

We're seeing significant implications of that on all of us.

Then I do think that what we've been witnessing with all the energy prices and the trade route disruptions and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and how that's sending people

Significant shockwaves around the world makes it also painful in the West, so people feel a little bit more than they are.

So I think we're in this very dangerous moment where we're seeing war becoming more the reflex and the choice, not really the last resort.

I think what we're seeing with the conduct of warfare, with the increasing use of AI and drones is actually very dangerous.

I

The war on the front line of Ukraine, between Ukraine and Russia as well, you know, with all the losses, the human losses that are being incurred, it is a dangerous trend.

And I do wonder to what degree it is creating a distance with the element, the human element.

I mean, it does make you wonder, targeting a school in Iran, how did this happen?

Was it intentional, not intentional?

Was it a miscalculation of AI?

I mean, in Gaza...

We're looking at, you know, 70,000 plus people have been killed, 19,000 children.

And you do think to yourself, you know, if there is less use of AI and drone, would the same calculus be there in this targeting or would it be something very, very different?