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The problem, of course, is who gets to decide who is a criminal or terrorist.

Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.
Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.

Israeli cyber-security firm NSO Group was named in Time magazine’s 2022 list of the 100 most influential companies in the world.

But its success has been marred by allegations that its surveillance software (called Pegasus) was used to spy on journalists, activists and political leaders. Allegations that it was, and is, a tool for dictators.

NSO Group denies the allegations and says its customers are carefully screened, and that it only sells its spyware for use against criminals and terrorists.

The problem, of course, is who gets to decide who is a criminal or terrorist.

Political cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., made aliyah to Israel in 1971 and began drawing “Dry Bones” in January 1973. The internationally syndicated, award-winning cartoons ran in The Jerusalem Post for 50 years. They were reprinted in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME and other mainstream media publications. The “Dry Bones” story has been covered by CBS, CNN and Forbes, among other outlets. He was a member of America’s National Cartoonists Society and the Israeli Cartoonists Society. Kirschen died at 87 on April 14, 2025.
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