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David Firester

Jul 17, 2017, 11:28 PM

START Continues to Promote a False Image of Jewish anti-Arab Violence; Despite its Minimal Occurrence

Last year, at about the same time, I wrote a piece in The Times of Israel that analyzed the misrepresentation of purported Jewish attacks on Arabs as indicated by the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), which is managed by the...

Jul 9, 2016, 9:46 AM

What Does the Global Terrorism Database Reveal about ‘Jewish Terrorism?’ A Micro-Level Assessment of the 2015 Data

The Global Terrorism Database (GTD), which is managed by the University of Maryland’s federally funded National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) recently released its 2015 user-friendly database to the public. The significance of...

About Me

David Firester is the founder and CEO of TRAC Intelligence, LLC. He is also a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Baruch College, a former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst and New York Police Officer.