Israel used the NSO Group’s cyberweapon as a tool of diplomacy. The F.B.I. tested it for domestic surveillance. Then everything soured. Here are highlights of a New York Times Magazine investigation.Source Link:... Read more »
A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying to ban.Source Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/magazine/nso-group-israel-spyware.html Read more »
An acclaimed religious children’s author was accused of abusing women and children. Then he killed himself, sending shock waves through the conservative community.Source Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/world/middleeast/a-metoo-moment-shakes-israels-ultra-orthodox.html Read more »
The coroner’s report suggested that Omar Assad, 78, had a stress-induced heart attack as a result of injuries he sustained while in Israeli military custody.Source Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/26/world/middleeast/palestinian-american-dies-israel-autopsy.html Read more »
Omar Assad, 78, had hoped to see his children in the U.S. one more time. Instead he died after being detained by Israeli soldiers.Source Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/world/middleeast/palestinian-american-detain-israel-dead.html Read more »
Israelis evicted an extended family and destroyed their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, where attempted evictions last year helped spark a war with Gaza.Source Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/world/middleeast/palestinians-evicted-jerusalem-sheikh-jarrah.html Read more »
The small study adds information to the debate over whether a fourth shot is advisable.Source Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/world/middleeast/omicron-fourth-shot-israel.html Read more »
In Beverly Barkat’s quest to connect people with nature, she found that environmental waste could be a powerful medium.Source Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/arts/design/beverly-barkat-artist-israel-plastic.html Read more »
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former prime minister, has pleaded not guilty in a corruption case. But his lawyers are negotiating a deal in which he might accept some charges to avoid jail time.Source... Read more »
The elderly man, who was identified as Omar Asad, had been held during a raid by the Israeli Army on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank.Source Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/world/middleeast/palestinian-american-dies-israel.html Read more »