זאהר ביראווי, פעיל פלסטיני תושב בריטניה שהשב”כ טען כי הוא “מחבל המשתייך לחמאס”, זכה בניצחון משפטי ושמו הוסר מהרשימה השחורה الناشط الفلسطيني زاهر بيراوي، الذي وصفه الشاباك بإرهابي، فاز المعركة القضائية UK Palestinian activist, Zaher Birawi won a years-long legal battle against cyber-security company, Refinitiv, which maintains a security database called World-Check, used by governments, […]
Adelson Dies as B’Tselem Affirms Israeli Apartheid
With all the tragedy of last week, it seems only fitting that this week brings the death of a major figure who fueled the Trump miasma and the ascendancy of a militant Republican movement: Sheldon Adelson. Though Adelson, who was 87, was American by birth and never took Israeli citizenship, he had little use for […]
Israeli Police State Has Backdoor ISP Access to Every Citizen and Website, Cellebrite Claims to Break Signal App Encryption
Haaretz published two astonishing reports over the past few days about Israeli cyber-security. In the first. it broke a story noting that Israeli police have for years required all internet service providers (ISPs) to offer a backdoor to access the accounts of every Israeli citizen. In addition, police have similar access to every website and […]
Pompeo Seeks to Criminalize Human Rights, Calling NGOs “Anti-Semitic”
Politico reports that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to issue a finding that three of the world’s leading human rights groups, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Oxfam are “anti-Semitic.” The directive will be based on a report prepared by the U.S. “anti-Semitism czar,” Elan Carr, whose findings are based largely on the […]