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Democratic lawmakers call for sanctions against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group

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Eighteen U.S. lawmakers released a letter on Tuesday urging the U.S. Treasury and State Departments to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group for allegedly helping authoritarian regimes commit human-rights violations. The letter, which also called...
Pedestrians in Tel Aviv on July 7, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Shin Bet to continue COVID phone surveillance for additional 21 days

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Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Intelligence Services on Wednesday extended the mandate given to the Shin Bet to trace the mobile phones of coronavirus patients as part of the epidemiological investigations held by the Health...
The coronavirus unit at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital, in Tel Aviv on May 4, 2020. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israel extends phone-tracking surveillance for three weeks

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A Knesset panel extended the mobile phone-data tracking system by the Shin Bet security service until May 26, giving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu less additional time than he had wanted. Netanyahu’s cabinet will present...
The nearly empty beach in Tel Aviv. Daily life has come to nearly a complete standstill as the number of coronavirus cases in Israel continues to rise, March 25, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

With Knesset oversight in place, High Court greenlights COVID-19 surveillance

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Israel’s High Court of Justice on Tuesday lifted an injunction barring its internal security agency, the Shin Bet, from using digital mass-surveillance technology to track Israelis’ locations as part of the country’s efforts to stem the...