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	"plain_text": "New Report Alleges Widespread Pegasus Spying by Israel Police\r\nBy AFP\r\nPublished: 2022-02-07 · Archived: 2026-04-05 20:20:58 UTC\r\nPolice used Pegasus spyware to hack phones of dozens of prominent Israelis, including a son of former\r\npremier Benjamin Netanyahu, activists and senior government officials, an Israeli newspaper reported\r\nMonday.\r\nThe bombshell revelation is the latest from the business daily Calcalist, which had previously reported that police\r\nused Pegasus without court authorisation against leaders of an anti-Netanyahu protest movement. \r\nPolice Commissioner Kobi Shabtai said that “following the recent publications” he had asked Public Security\r\nMinister Omer Barlev to establish “an external and independent commission of inquiry, headed by a judge,” to\r\nprobe the allegations. \r\n“To the extent that the commission finds irregularities and failures, they will be dealt with in accordance with the\r\nlaw,” Shabtai said in a statement.\r\nPegasus is a malware product made by the Israeli firm NSO at the centre of a months-long international scandal\r\nfollowing revelations that it was used by governments worldwide to spy on activists, politicians, journalists and\r\neven heads of state. \r\nIsrael had come under fire for allowing the export of the invasive technology to states with poor human rights\r\nrecords, but the Calcalist revelations have triggered a domestic scandal and multiple state investigations. \r\nAdvertisement. Scroll to continue reading.\r\nPrior to Monday’s report, the attorney general, state comptroller and the justice ministry’s privacy watchdog have\r\nall announced probes into the potential use of Pegasus on Israelis.\r\nhttps://www.securityweek.com/new-report-alleges-widespread-pegasus-spying-israel-police\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nIn its latest report, Calcalist said dozens of people were targeted who were not suspected of any criminal conduct,\r\nand without police receiving the necessary court approval.\r\nThey include senior leaders of the finance, justice and communication ministries, mayors, and Ethiopian-Israelis\r\nwho led protests against alleged police misconduct. \r\nIn another revelation set to rock Netanyahu’s ongoing corruption trial, Calcalist also reported that key witness Ilan\r\nYeshua, former chief executive of the Walla news site, was also target.\r\nAvner Netanyahu, one of the premier’s sons, was also on the list. “I truly am shocked,” he wrote on Facebook.\r\nNetanyahu is accused of seeking to trade regulatory favours with media moguls in exchange for favourable\r\ncoverage, including on Walla. He denies the charges. \r\nHis lawyers on Monday demanded the trial be halted until the latest revelations were probed. \r\nThe trial also suffered a blow last week when multiple Israeli broadcasters reported that police may have used\r\nspyware on Shlomo Filber, a former Netanyahu ally turned state witness.\r\nThose reports, which Netanyhau described as an “earthquake”, did not mention Pegasus. \r\nPegasus is a surveillance program that can switch on a phone’s camera or microphone and harvest its data. \r\nNSO has consistently denied wrongdoing throughout the multi-stranded Pegasus scandal, stressing that it does not\r\noperate the system once sold to clients and has no access to any of the data collected. \r\nRelated: Apple Slaps Lawsuit on NSO Group Over Pegasus iOS Exploitation\r\nSource: https://www.securityweek.com/new-report-alleges-widespread-pegasus-spying-israel-police\r\nhttps://www.securityweek.com/new-report-alleges-widespread-pegasus-spying-israel-police\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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