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Israeli Government Loses Majority as Backbencher Quits

An Israeli lawmaker quit the government's wafer-thin ruling coalition over a religious dispute on Wednesday, throwing the fragile alliance into disarray without a majority in parliament. Backbencher Idit Silman's departure raises the possibility of new parliamentary elections less than a year after the government took office.

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Israeli government loses majority as backbencher quits

An Israeli lawmaker has quit the government’s wafer-thin ruling coalition over a religious dispute, throwing the fragile alliance into disarray without a majority in parliament

The Independent UK

Onetime Top Aide Testifies against Netanyahu in Graft Trial

A onetime top aide to Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand for the first time Wednesday against the former Israeli prime minister engulfed in corruption charges over a scheme to generate positive news coverage. Shlomo Filber, the director of the Communications Ministry under Netanyahu and one of two family confidantes to…

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Israeli Probe Finds No Sign of Police Abuse in Spyware Case

An Israeli investigation found “no indication” that police illegally hacked the mobile phones of dozens of public figures, the Justice Ministry announced Monday, contradicting the key claims of a series of explosive investigative reports in a leading Israeli newspaper. Israel’s attorney general ordered the investigation last month in the wake…

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Court Postpones Netanyahu Trial Hearings over Phone Spying Claims

The Jerusalem District Court announced on Sunday that all planned sessions this week in former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial will be postponed to Feb 21. The former premier, now opposition leader, is on trial for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases. A…

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Lawyers in Netanyahu Trial Say No Illegal Phone Taps Found

Prosecutors in the high-profile corruption case against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that police have found no unlawful use of phone surveillance technology against witnesses in the trial. The state attorney’s response to the court came a week after an Israeli newspaper report alleged that police used spyware…

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Israeli inquiry checking NSO database over police wiretap allegations

A high-level Israeli inquiry into alleged warrantless wiretaps by police is examining a database provided by NSO Group, the manufacturer of the powerful hacking tool Pegasus, the Justice Ministry said on Sunday.

Reuters

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Sledgehammer review: David Friedman comes out swinging on Trump and Israel

The former US ambassador has written a predictably unsubtle memoir, aimed squarely at the 2024 Republican primary

The Guardian - US

Illegal domestic cyber spying allegations rattle Israel

An Israeli newspaper claimed that police were using NSO’s Pegasus cyber spying software to hack some citizens' phones.

Axios

Israel's police chief cuts short UAE trip over spyware probe

Israel's police commissioner is rushing back from an official trip to deal with a growing scandal over reports of illegal police surveillance, including of members of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inner circle

The Independent UK

Israel to probe alleged police use of Pegasus spyware on Netanyahu’s son and associates

Phone hacking targets reportedly include confidants of Netanyahu as well as politicians and officials

The Independent UK

Israel inquiry to look into alleged police use of Pegasus spyware

Newspaper claims businesspeople, politicians, activists and Netanyahu’s son were targeted by phone intercepts

The Guardian - UK

Report: Israel police used spyware on Netanyahu's son, aides

An Israeli newspaper says police allegedly used spyware on the phones of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son and members of his inner circle

The Independent UK

Israel ramps up scrutiny of police as NSO scandal spreads

Israel announced it was setting up a national inquiry on Monday after a newspaper reported illicit use by police of powerful spyware against confidants of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures.

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Report: Israel Police Used Spyware on Netanyahu’s Son, Aides

Israeli police allegedly used spyware on the phones of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son and members of his inner circle, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday. Calcalist has published a series of recent reports alleging that police used sophisticated spyware to target protesters and other Israeli citizens, prompting condemnation and…

The Independent UK

Reports of spyware use on key witness roils Netanyahu trial

Israeli media reports say police have used sophisticated spyware against a key witness in the corruption trial of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The Guardian - UK

Israeli police ‘may have hacked phone’ of key witness in Netanyahu trial

Claim emerges after officials admit finding evidence pointing to misuse of spyware by investigators

The Guardian - US

Trump risked disaster with Abbas praise in key Israel meeting, ambassador says

In new book, David Friedman recounts private meeting with Israeli president in which Trump also knocked Netanyahu – and how he says he turned his man around

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Opposition slams Government as New York Times report says India bought Pegasus spyware

Centre silent; Congress calls purchase an ‘act of treason’, to raise issue in Parliament

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Israel's Bennett Says Netanyahu 'Threatened' Him over Govt

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said his predecessor Benjamin Netanyahu "threatened" him last year when he was fighting to unseat the veteran leader, in an interview published Friday. The Jewish nationalist Bennett became prime minister in June 2021, after he banded with blocs ranging from right to left to Arab…

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Israeli Ultra-Orthodox Party Leader Resigns over Graft

The leader of Israel's largest ultra-Orthodox Jewish party submitted his resignation from parliament Sunday, after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors in a tax fraud case. Aryeh Deri, who served as ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu's interior minister, leads the Shas party, the third largest bloc in Israel's fractured parliament with nine…

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Palestinian Minister: Biden Moving Too Slow on Pushing Peace

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki said Wednesday US President Joe Biden was moving too slowly to reverse all of the Trump administration’s adverse policies against the Palestinians and not using Washington’s special relationship to pressure Israel to abandon “its rejection of a two-state solution and peace negotiations.” Malki told the…

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Israel Police Chief Orders Probe into NSO Spyware Claims

Israel's police chief said Thursday that he had ordered an extensive investigation into a newspaper's claims that the force had used controversial Israeli spyware to hack the phones of protesters, mayors and other citizens under investigation without proper authorization. Earlier this week a Hebrew-language business paper published an investigative report…

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Israeli Security Delegation Meets Military Leaders in Sudan

A high-ranking official Israeli security delegation arrived in Khartoum Wednesday to meet with Sudanese military and security leaders. The visit is part of a series of meetings between Khartoum and Tel Aviv since the top general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met with former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Entebbe, Uganda,…

The Guardian - UK

Israeli minister defends police over alleged Pegasus spying

Omer Barlev denied claims that protesters’ phones had been hacked

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