NSO

Meta claims Israeli spyware firm NSO Group failed to complain, demands further pressure by US gov't

The complaint accuses the Israeli firm of running a phishing campaign that tricks users into clicking links leading to malicious websites, and of testing its products on WhatsApp accounts and groups.

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.
DREAM has opened a sovereign AI data center near Modi’in

DREAM unveils Israel’s first sovereign AI data center for government and critical infrastructure

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.

Spanish judge shelves investigation of Pegasus use for attacks on PM Sanchez, ministers

 An illustrative image of the NSO Group logo on a smartphone.

NSO group names David Friedman chairman amid efforts to overcome US blacklist


Government blackmail of targeted witnesses has perverted our democracy - opinion

Police made a case against Netanyahu by harvesting phone data rather than just listening to conversations as authorized by the Court.

 BENJAMIN NETANYAHU seen at Jerusalem District Court during his trial.

How will spying scandal impact Bibi trial, broader law enforcement? - analysis

Israel's law enforcement structure needs a reboot from the bottom up, but who will take the blame and will it actually change anything?

 OPPOSITION LEADER MK Benjamin Netanyahu has an animated conversation in the Knesset plenum last month.

Netanyahu blames Bennett for 3,000 COVID deaths

According to opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu, the delay in the third round of vaccines was the cause for the first thousand deaths this wave.

 Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, February 7, 2022.

NSO Affair: Will Israeli public lose confidence in law enforcement?

People cannot circumvent the law while enforcing the law, said President Isaac Herzog at the annual B'Sheva conference in Jerusalem: This is not an easy day."

 Israeli president Isaac Herzog speaks during a Conference of the 'Besheva' group in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022.

Bennett: We will not leave the public without answers on NSO

The government “needs to understand exactly what happened,” Bennett said, but would not specify what kind of inquiry would take place.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in a press conference on January 11, 2022

Bar Lev to form commission to examine police NSO affair

Last week, the attorney-general appointed a team to investigate wiretapping allegations made against the police.

Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev and Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai attend a ceremony of Israel Police

Police use Israel's NSO to target politicians, businessmen, journalists - report

A new report added a slew of businessmen, protest leaders and politicians to the list of alleged police wiretapping targets.

Shadowy figure uses cell phone (illustrative)

Israel's police cannot commit crimes to fight crime - editorial

The use of these tracking technologies without judicial oversight and the required permission cannot be justified and presents a severe violation of basic civil liberties.

THE ISRAEL POLICE conducts its high-level investigations through Lahav 433, the country’s ‘FBI,’ headquartered in this building in Lod.

The Israeli public has a right to know about illegal surveillance - opinion

Civilians should have the tools to sue for such infringements on their privacy.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett with Israel Police chief Insp.-Gen. Kobi Shabtai during a ceremony after the largest-ever police operation against illegal gun dealers, in Tel Aviv in November.

Who is democracy’s threat, Netanyahu or the police? - comment

As Netanyahu was being accused of undermining the rule of law, those charged with preserving that law were breaking it.

 OPPOSITION LEADER MK Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a hearing in his ongoing trial at Jerusalem District Court in November.