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ח"כ יועז הנדל לשעבר ממפלגת כחול לבן

Israeli government gets another 48 hours to submit bill regulating spying on Covid-19 patients

08.06.20|Zvi Zrahiya
According to the Israeli Ministry of Health, security agency Shin Bet was only approached to track one patient in recent weeks
זיהוי פנים ריגול מעקב פרטיות

Lawmakers Extend Spy Agency’s Covid-19 Patient Tracking Program by Three Weeks

26.05.20|Omer Kabir
Special committee votes to employ Shin Bet’s surveillance only in cases where an epidemiological study isn't sufficient
קורונה חולה מובלת לבית החולים החדש ב ווהאן סין 4.2.20

Spy Agency’s Phone Surveillance Detected a Third of Israel's Covid-19 Cases

26.05.20|Omer Kabir
According to a Ministry of Health report submitted to the Parliament's Subcommittee of Secret Services, Israel’s Security Agency identified 4,089 cases as of May 10
עומסים כבדים התחנה המרכזית ב ירושלים קורונה

Emergency Over? Israel Wants to Extend Phone Tracking Program that Monitors Covid-19’s Spread

21.05.20|Omer Kabir
“The health ministry and the state have become enamored with the ISA’s surveillance,” says leading privacy lawyer
קונים ב שוק בעידן ה קורונה

Israel's Health Ministry Orders 400 People Into Quarantine Via SMS Texts

19.03.20|Amir Kurz, Tomer Ganon, and Omer Kabir
The texts were sent according to phone location signals, collected through hasty emergency legislation, showing these people were in close contact with confirmed coronavirus cases
אולם דיונים ב בית משפט עליון

New Petition Urges Israel’s Supreme Court to Stop Plans to Surveil Civilians

17.03.20|Tomer Ganon
New regulations passed by the Israeli government, bypassing parliament, let the police and Shin Bet obtain information on coronavirus patients without a warrant
קונים ב שוק בעידן ה קורונה

Israeli Government Bypasses Parliament, Approves Surveillance on Civilians to Fight Covid-19

17.03.20|Omer Kabir
After a parliamentary subcommittee refused to grant police and Shin Bet the authority to use technological means to monitor the location of coronavirus patients, the Israeli government utilized the country’s permanent state of emergency to pass the regulations
נדב ארגמן ראש השב"כ 2018

Israel’s Shin Bet, Tel Aviv University Announce Third Accelerator Cohort

23.12.19|Adi Pick
The new cohort will host six startups in fields including speech recognition, real-time video analysis, and cybersecurity
יחידת 8200 ב גלילות

High Profile Spy Companies Are Damaging Israel’s Image

20.11.19|Omer Kabir
Israel’s tech ecosystem is world-renowned for its innovation, but companies like NSO, Black Cube, and AnyVision are casting a sinister shadow over it
ועידת פריז 2018 יובל דיסקין

Former Shin Bet Director Launches Cybersecurity Company

17.07.19|Meir Orbach
Yuval Diskin, who headed the Israeli Internal Security Service, is the founder and chairman of cyber threat intelligence startup Opora
נדב ארגמן ראש השב"כ 2018

Israeli Intelligence Director Warns of Expected Attempt to Influence Country’s General Elections

09.01.19|Adi Pick
The head of the Israel Security Agency Nadav Argaman, said another country is expected to attempt to influence Israel’s general elections to be held April 9
נדב ארגמן ראש השב"כ 2018

Israel’s Shin Bet Security Agency, Tel Aviv University Announce Second Accelerator Cohort

03.12.18|Adi Pick
The security agency will grant $50,000 to each participating startup without acquiring equity
נדב ארגמן ראש השב"כ 2018

Israel Security Agency, Tel Aviv University Venture Arm Announce First Accelerator Cohort

04.07.18|Hagar Ravet
Seven startups in the domains of artificial intelligence, natural language processing technologies, data science and robotics were chosen for the first cohort of the program
גונן שגב שר לשעבר

Former Israeli Minister Accused of Spying for Iran

18.06.18|Yoav Zitun, Ynet News
Gonen Segev, the former minister facing criminal charges, was previously jailed for attempting to smuggle commercial quantities of ecstasy pills across international borders
נדב ארגמן ראש השב"כ 2018

Israel’s Shin Bet Security Agency Taps Local Startups

09.05.18|Meir Orbach
The Israel Security Agency is teaming up with Tel Aviv University’s TAU Ventures to set up an accelerator program for startups
תמיר פרדו ראש המוסד לשעבר

The Mossad Is Like a Startup, Says Former Mossad Chief

27.11.17|Keren-Or Grinberg
Everyone in the Israeli cyber sector is an “alumni” of Israel’s intelligence and defence agencies, says retired Mossad Director Tamir Pardo, who now advises young tech entrepreneurs