Jonathan Urich News Today

INSIDE POLITICS: On social media, one campaign genre is already trending: viral compilations of scandalous sound bites from various Likud contenders vying for a slot in the next Knesset.

In the UK media, Israel has informed its allies that it is preparing to send assassination teams to kill Hamas leaders abroad in retaliation for deadly ...

Assistance still won't include offensive weapons or missile defense system, but 'between helmets and Iron Dome' Jerusalem has options, source familiar tells Haaretz

What happened: Following the severe allegations made in Calcalist’s investigative report over the last few weeks into phone hacking, the Israel ...

Prime minister orders further examination of Pegasus reports before deciding on a wider investigation. Bennett told police only managed to successfully hack one of the three phones

Channel 13 News reported that during a meeting with the Shin Bet in 2016, two officers dressed in civilian clothing said that members of the Ethiopian protest movement and Justice Ministry director general Emi Palmor were being surveilled

Israel Police used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware without a court order to hack into the phones of Netanyahu's son, lawmakers, businesspeople and activists, report says

Israel's former prime minister urges Knesset members across party lines to investigate police misuse of Pegasus spyware, after revelations show several of Netanyahu's associates were targeted

The ministry says it only authorized NSO's Pegasus for wiretapping, not for the software’s other functions ■ Israel's state prosecutor suspects police failed to hand over all information

The prime minister says NSO's Pegasus remains useful in fighting terrorism and organized crime in the Arab community, on a day of new revelations about the police's use of spyware against Israeli citizens