Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 8 July 2024

These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.

Berlin bans red triangle symbol used by Hamas to mark targets

The Telegraph reports:

“Berlin has banned the inverted red triangle symbol due to its use by Hamas and their supporters to mark enemy targets in videos and graffiti.

Berlin has banned the inverted red triangle symbol due to its use by Hamas and their supporters to mark enemy targets in videos and graffiti.

The motion passed in the state senate said the scarlet arrow icon represents an immediate threat to Jews and to people committed to the freedom and security of Israel and should be banned at protests and in the context of the Middle East conflict.

The symbol has been used to target pro-Israel academics and politicians, including Kai Wegner, the Berlin mayor who ordered the eviction of pro-Palestine protesters from the city’s Free University by police.

“Kai will pay” was graffitied on the wall of a university under a red triangle.”

Analyst Comments:

One aspect of robust security is understanding symbolism used by possible threat actors. Vandalism is often the first act in a series of actions that may lead to physical violence. An inverted red triangle may be a warning sign of increasing security issues.

Additionally, watermelons may have been used in antisemitic vandalism.  The colors of a watermelon are the same as the Palestine flag.

Venue Security, The IAVM Podcast Series: Throwing down the gauntlet with Brendan Farley as we discuss the art and science of crowd management.

Venue Security, The IAVM Podcast Series; Gate 15’s founder and Managing Director, Andy Jabbour, hosts short interviews with venue safety and security experts from the International Association of Venue Managers’ (IAVM) Venue Safety and Security Committee (VSSC) and other special guests from the IAVM community.

In this episode of Venue Security, The IAVM Podcast Series, Andy Jabbour talks with Brendan Farley, Vice President of Operations & General Manager, San Diego Theaters.

In the discussion they address:

• Brendan’s background.
• What Crowd Management is.
• Crowd Management training, sharing, learning, exercising.
• Managing the dynamic and complexities of the social media environment.
• Understanding protests and the importance of de-escalation.
• Tom Cruise, Top Gun and throwing down the gauntlet!
• Collaboration, collaboration, hyper-collaboration! Leveraging public sector resources.
• What’s on Brendan’s mind?
• More!

Information on other Gate 15 podcasts can be found at Podcasts (gate15.global).