חשיפה: השב"כ עצר במעבר ארז את חמדאן תמראז, בכיר באגף הבטיחות והביטחון של האו"ם בעזה This is getting old. Israel has once again arrested a United Nations official based in Gaza as he attempted to cross into Israel to attend a work meeting there. An Israeli security source has confirmed to me the linked story above and the Shin Bet arrest. The news is … [Read more...]
IDF Censors Haaretz from Naming Author, Title of Book Portraying 1967 “Nuclear Putsch”
.חשיפה: הצנזורה הצבאית אוסרת להזכיר את שמו של ספר על הנשק הגרעיני הישראלי, ואת שם מחברו Yesterday, Haaretz published an exposé (Hebrew) about a book published by a former Israeli nuclear technician, who claimed that in 1967 Israel's new defense minister, Moshe Dayan, engaged in a "de facto putsch," which wrested the country's sole nuclear weapon from … [Read more...]
Shabak Creates Cyber-Combat Division
Not to be outdone by the IDF, which has Unit 8200; and Mossad, which just launched its own cyber-terror capability; Israel's domestic spy agency, the Shabak, just launched its own cyber-combat unit. It's done so in what the agency believes is a playful, humorous mode by creating customized, mock video game sites. They feature a scenario in which an agent … [Read more...]
Breaking: Israeli Supreme Court Releases Hunger-Striking Prisoner
The Israeli Supreme Court has ruled that hunger striking Palestinian prisoner, 31 year-old Mohammed Allan, will be released from administrative detention...but only if medical tests show that he's suffered "irreversible" damage as a result of his 65-day hunger strike. Apparently, a healthy Allan was a grave national security threat. While a near-dead … [Read more...]