Yossi Melman, an eternal scourge of Israeli military censorship, has published yet another harsh critique of the IDF censor and its chilling effect on the Israeli media. He begins by noting that before Israeli Navy's Commando Force 13 intercepted and commandeered the Karina A, a ship carrying Iranian arms intended for the Palestinians, it rehearsed for the … [Read more...]
Bibi: “This is the End, My Friend”
The ominous strains of The Doors, The End, should be playing through the halls of the prime minister's office in Jerusalem. He is beset by four concurrent criminal investigations, any one of which could bring him down, should it result in an indictment. The event that marked the beginning of the end of Netanyahu's nearly forty-year political career was … [Read more...]
Israel’s NSO Group Permits Foreign Intelligence Agencies to Spy on Human Rights Activists
The NYT's lead story recently featured a chilling story of the infamous Israeli cyber-security firm, NSO Group, whose Pegasus malware has been illegally utilized by Mexican intelligence agencies to spy on legitimate human rights and anti-corruption activists. NSO negotiates lucrative contracts with foreign governments, which purportedly use the malware to … [Read more...]
Shin Bet Officials Stole Millions of Shekels
גורם ביטחוני: שני אנשי השב"כ הנאשמים במעילה בכספי האירגון גנבו כשני מיליון ש"ח For the past few weeks, I reported about a major scandal in the Shin Bet. Thanks to the opacity of the national security state (i.e. a gag order) we only knew this was likely a case of corruption of the sort I reported here involving the Mossad. A former Shabak agent told me he … [Read more...]