Israel’s Deep State is Exposed: Caroline B. Glick, Caroline Glick, Feb. 10, 2022 — On Sunday morning, Israelis awoke to the headline in Calcalist, a business newspaper, reporting that the legal fraternity used counterterror spyware to remotely seize the contents of the cellphones of 26 Israelis, including then prime minister’s son, his closest advisors, journalists, businessmen, several mayors, senior government officials, and others.
No One Was Immune: Israel Police Pegasus Surveillance List Revealed: Tomer Ganon, Calcalist (C Tech), Feb. 7, 2022
NSO Pegasus Spyware and the Emergence of Israel as a Surveillance State: Alex Traiman, JNS, Feb. 9, 2022
Pegasus Affair Has Snowballed from Small Scandal to Major Outrage – Editorial: Jerusalem Post, Feb. 7, 2022
How Does Pegasus, the Spyware at the Heart of Israel Police Furor, Work?: Bhanukiran Guaruala, Times of Israel, Feb. 8, 2022
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Massive Scope of Police Pegasus Scandal Rattles Israeli Politics: Itsik Saban, Israel Hayom, Feb. 7, 2022 — Israeli officials from across the political spectrum were outraged to learn Monday of the scope of the Israel Police’s use of Pegasus, NSO Group’s now-infamous surveillance technology, which reportedly extended to dozens of civilians, ranging from politicians and government functionaries to social activists and journalists.
Israel to Investigate Domestic Use of Pegasus Spyware as Scrutiny Hits Home: Patrick Kingsley and Ronen Bergman, NY Times, Feb. 7, 2022 — The intensifying scrutiny of NSO Group, the Israeli spyware firm, has largely come from overseas as evidence mounted that authoritarian governments had used NSO products to spy on political opponents.
NSO Threatens Legal Action Against Calcalist Over ‘Sensationalist’ Spyware Report: Times of Israel staff, Times of Israel, Feb. 10, 2022 — Israeli surveillance company NSO Group sent a letter to the Calcalist newspaper on Thursday threatening legal action over a report claiming NSO allows clients to hide evidence they used its spyware.
Pegasus Scandal: Israeli Journalists’ Union Rep Warns of ‘Loss of Democracy’: Maya Margit, The Media Line, Feb. 7, 2022 — If Israel does not fully investigate the serious allegations involving the police’s extrajudicial use of the Pegasus surveillance system to spy on citizens, then democracy in the country is in danger of “being lost,” an Israeli journalists’ union representation has warned.