Like Donald Trump, Israel’s premier cyber-spying firm has had a rough couple of weeks. Things began promisingly enough when an over-indulgent Israeli district court dismissed a lawsuit brought by Amnesty International on behalf one of its staff members whose phone was hacked by a Gulf state. The NGO correctly called the ruling “disgraceful:” “Today’s disgraceful […]
Israel’s Secret Police Maintain Massive Database on All Citizens with Little Oversight
DONATE: While the world’s attention is rightly focused on the Coronavirus pandemic, it has lost sight of many other critical global developments. I have in fact noticed that the site traffic to this blog has declined considerably during this period. I am concerned that the world is ignoring crucial issues, even ones that have a […]
Knesset Speaker Resigns, Provoking Major Political Crisis
Today, Israel’s Knesset Speaker, Likud veteran, Yuli Edelstein, resigned rather than follow a Supreme Court directive to convene the legislative body. He had adjourned it with the excuse that the Covid-19 epidemic rendered it too dangerous to meet. The Court had ordered him to reopen proceedings to elect a new Blue and White Speaker. But […]
Timely Likud Smear Exposes Alleged Gantz Sex Tape as Election Draws Near
A few months ago, news broke that while Benny Gantz was IDF chief of staff, his personal cell phone had been hacked by Iranian intelligence operatives. The story was embarrassing for Gantz, now the leader of the Blue and White Party, but nothing much came of it. Even in the two previous elections over the […]
