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Israeli citizens targeted by police using Pegasus spyware, report claims

Investigation alleges Israeli police carried out phone intercepts without court supervision or monitoring of how data was used

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2022

Hope for Israel's Darfur asylum seekers after court ruling

When he was eight, Sabona Mohamed Hassan says men on horseback rode through his village in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, killing, looting and torching homes with people trapped inside.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2022

Half of global cyber defence investment has been in Israel -PM Bennett

Around half of global cyber defence investment in past few years has been in Israel, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2022

Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard in $68.7bn deal; UK real wages fall in cost of living crunch – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2022

Israel completes flight test of Arrow weapons system

Israel's defence ministry said on Tuesday it had completed a planned flight test of the Arrow weapons system, and would release further test details throughout the day.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2022

Israel study: 4th vaccine shows limited results with omicron

An Israeli hospital says preliminary research indicates a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine provides only limited defense against the omicron variant that's raging around the world

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2022

Palestinian family threatens to burn Sheikh Jarrah home in eviction standoff

Israeli police were in a standoff Monday with a Palestinian man who carried a gas canister onto the roof of his home in a Jerusalem flashpoint district as his family faced eviction. The Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood resident threatened to blow up his home rather than let his family be forced…

France 24 · Jan 17, 2022

Netanyahu Plea Talks Threaten Israel’s Coalition Govt

Plea bargain negotiations between Israeli prosecutors and Benjamin Netanyahu could put an end to the ex-premier's corruption trial but at the same time trigger a crisis for the eight-party coalition that ousted him in June. Judicial sources familiar with the negotiations have confirmed to AFP that Netanyahu -- currently on…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 17, 2022

Polish commission told more phone-hacking victims likely

Poland is likely to have had more victims of phone hacking using spyware developed by Israel-based NSO Group, a researcher told a commission, after allegations that Polish special services used the technology against government opponents.

Reuters · Jan 17, 2022

Israeli Study Shows 4th Shot of COVID-19 Vaccine Less Effective on Omicron

A fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies to even higher levels than the third jab but it is not enough to prevent Omicron infections, according to a preliminary study in Israel. Israel's Sheba Medical Center has given second booster shots in a trial among its staff and is studying…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 17, 2022