Surveillance

Israel can maintain military edge by expanding into space, sources tell 'Post'

With only seven countries deeply involved in developing space capabilities, Israel now has a larger qualitative advantage in that arena than in others where it once had an advantage.

 Israel Aerospace Industries launches communications satellite "Dror 1" into space, July 13, 2025.
High Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez arrives for a hearing on petitions calling to halt or substantially limit State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman’s investigations into the failures surrounding the Hamas's October 7 massacre, December 29, 2025; illustrative.

'Systematic failures': Israel Police carried out illegal surveillance for years, probe finds

An illustration of the flags of Iran, Uganda, and Israel.

Iran's IRGC-QF recruits Ugandan to spy on Israel's African embassies - report

 Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet security services, at a state ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7 of last year which sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 27, 2024.

Shin Bet politicization dangerous to Israel's security, rights of Israelis - opinion


Four takeaways on how privacy did in Shin Bet-coronavirus surveillance law

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US federal court rules lawsuit against Israeli NSO can continue

The United States District Court of the Northern District of California denied most of the arguments NSo Group made in its request in April.

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Whatsapp logo in this picture illustration

Knesset reinstates Shin Bet surveillance of coronavirus infected citizens

Program authorized for 21 days, long-term bill still under debate

A man wears a face mask for fear of the coronavirus as he takes the train to Haifa, on March 17, 2020

Knesset c'tee approves reinstating Shin Bet coronavirus surveillance

Program authorized for 21 days, long-term bill still under debate

Knesset plenum April 20, 2020

Knesset moves toward reinstating Shin Bet corona surveillance

Program authorized for 21 days, long-term bill still under debate

A woman wearing a mask checks her mobile phone in Shanghai, China January 29, 2020

Shin Bet surveillance schizophrenia - analysis

No democratic country in the world, including some doing better than Israel in combating corona, is using its intelligence services to track infected citizens.

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Deputy Health Minister criticizes COVID-19 Shin Bet surveillance critics

"There's no civilian alternative, not in Israel and not anywhere else in the world," Kisch said and added that "using this tool will save human lives and prevent economic damage."

Likud MK Yoav Kisch

Coronavirus: IDF report details digital track options for Israel, world

"Western countries are struggling to access the information needed to carry out epidemiological investigations with wide-scale efficiency,” according to the report.

A man wears a face mask for fear of the coronavirus as he takes the train to Haifa, on March 17, 2020

The controversy of using counterterror tools to fight coronavirus spread

We are now in the midst of a rising wave of COVID-19 cases, and there are important questions about what the government can do to confront this.

SECURITY SURVEILLANCE monitors. Privacy advocates argue that even if the official transfer of data does not identify individuals, anyone who wants to abuse the information to invade an individual’s privacy can do so with ease

Amnesty Int'l examines human rights violations by surveillance apps

The report shows that some of the apps pose a real risk of human rights violations.

SECURITY SURVEILLANCE monitors. Privacy advocates argue that even if the official transfer of data does not identify individuals, anyone who wants to abuse the information to invade an individual’s privacy can do so with ease