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into war crimes committed during Israels 2008-2009 attack on the people of Gaza. In cable 09TELAVIV2777 of December 2009, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have named the report as one of three "principal threats" facing Israel — the other two being Irans alleged nuclear programme and "missile proliferation". Second, there are important insights into the high level of collaboration between Israel and forces that have been called the "Palestinian Contras" in the occupied...

May 16, 2021 Share Palestinian hackers were found to be involved in two “clusters of unrelated cyber espionage activity,” according to Facebook. Facebook accused the Palestinian Preventive Security Service’s (PSS) cyber department of conducting rudimentary hacking operations against Palestinian journalists, human rights activists, and Palestinian Authority political opponents in the West Bank and Gaza (PA). Facebook accused them that they have also activity targeted Syrian opposit...

Once again, we are faced with the ugly spectacle of a terrorist-generated war in the Middle East. Disturbances on the... He is aware that one surefire method of exploiting the gullibility of and riling up young hotheads is to reiterate false claims about Israel trying to “storm” the Al-Aqsa mosque. Never mind that the house of Muslim prayer in question is located on the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism. In the tradition of his predecessor—arch-terrorist and PLO chief Yasser Arafa...

(May 11, 2021 / JNS) The anti-Israel response to the current Palestinian and eastern Jerusalem Arab violence was to be expected, particularly as it has been on a steady crescendo since the weeks leading up to and during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. But, contrary to the successful dissemination and perpetuation of propaganda, it has nothing to do with Israeli behavior or its celebration of Jerusalem Day—the anniversary of the unification of the city after the 1967 Six-Day War. Palestinian ...

Elections or not, the PA is intensifying its authoritarian rule online The run-up to PA elections has alarmingly shown what Palestinian political activism is facing in the digital age: more surveillance, more repression. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a tour in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 15, 2020. (Flash90) When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for elections in January, the news was met with profound skepticism. Abbas has previously declared elections without goin...

A new report from Facebook reveals the company closed down groups of hackers affiliated with the Palestinian security agency that used spyware to target journalists, activists, and government critics.

2 shares Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks after a meeting of the Palestinian leadership, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 22, 2020. (AP Photo/ Majdi Mohammed) Facebook said Wednesday it had disabled accounts used by the Palestinian Authority’s internal intelligence organization to spy on journalists, human rights activists and political opponents. In a report, the US social media giant also said it had identified and disabled “politically motivated” esp...

Facebook has said in a report on Wednesday that it had banned hundreds of fake accounts involved in a cyber espionage campaign tied to what it said was a cyber wing of...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Facebook says it halts hackers tied to Palestinian security Facebook says it has broken up a hacker network linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas intelligence service By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press April 21, 2021, 7:48 PM • 5 min read The Associated Press FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks after a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank...

Facebook Uncloaks A Palestinian Spy Agency’s Android Hacking Operations Share to Facebook Share to Linkedin WhatsApp has proven popular in Palestinian territories, making the threat of faked versions of the Facebook-owned tool the more dangerous. (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images Facebook claims to have uncovered the hacking activities of a Palestinian spy agency known as the Preventive Security Service, saying the age...