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Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts

Top Israeli government and security officials have overseen a nine-year surveillance operation targeting the ICC and Palestinian rights groups to try to thwart a war crimes probe, a joint investigation reveals.

Yossi Cohen, who until 2021 was the chief of the Mossad and a close ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reportedly embarked on a years-long campaign of intimidation

Israel allegedly “deployed its intelligence agencies to surveil, hack, pressure, smear and allegedly threaten senior ICC staff in an effort to derail the court’s inquiries.”

<strong>Editorial:</strong> Joe Biden should back a UN security council resolution to end the fighting in Gaza rather than shielding Israel from criticism

An Investigation by the Guardian, Local Call, and +972 Uncovers Israel's Alleged Covert Actions Against the ICC and Its Officials. Netanyahu Is Described as 'Obsessed' With the Case Against Him, While ex-Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen Reportedly Threatened the Former Chief Prosecutor in Secret Meetings

Although companies involved in the testing and manufacturing of artificial intelligence-powered platforms claim decisions to attack targets rest with humans, no one can deny there exists an overhang of AI-powered combat robots bypassing humans

The sharp rise in media censorship in 2023 comes as the Israeli government further undermines press freedoms, especially amid the Gaza war.

Paul Biggar, a New York-based software engineer and founder of ‘Tech for Palestine’ says Meta’s WhatsApp may be facilitating Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.

The last time Mona Awda Talla saw her daughter Shahed alive, she was leaving the house to go buy her some cake, wearing pink pants. The 10-year-old stopped to play foosball with her friends beside the cake shop in Gaza’s Al-Maghazi refugee camp. Moments later, she was dead.