NOTE: Middle East Eye has just published my latest article, Unprecedented and combustible: Why the boycott of Al-Aqsa matters. It deals with last week's attack on the Haram al Sharif and the Muslim boycott of the holy sites. It hasn't been a good week for Bibi Netanyahu. A few days ago he left for Europe under a foreboding cloud of scandal … [Read more...]
IDF Reveals (Partially) Existence of Secret Nuclear Base Exposed Here Six Years Ago
צה"ל חשף (בטעות?) את שדות האלה - בסיס הטילים הגרעיניים הסודי בחיל האוויר Many (though not all) of Israel's security secrets are of the worst-kept variety. An example, is the Israeli Air Force nuclear weapons base known variously as Sdot Ha'Elah or Sdot Micha. Readers of this blog would've read of the name and purpose of this base back in 2010 based on my … [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...]
Censored: IDF Senior Officer Refused Promotion After Failed Security Check
חשיפה: הטייס שקידומו בוטל בשל סיווג בטחוני הוא סא"ל עודד אורון, שאחיו היה הממונה על נשק גרעיני בחיל האוויר Israeli media have reported that two senior officers were refused promotions to major new posts after problems developed in their security checks by the Shin Bet. In one case, an officer failed a polygraph test by denying he'd used drugs. In … [Read more...]