Japan to trial Israeli, US drones The American-made Switchblade and Israeli-made Harop attack UAVs are expected to be deployed. Sept. 18, 2022
NSO Pegasus spyware and the emergence of Israel as a surveillance state Israel has long been considered the only democracy in the Middle East. Yet personal privacy and limits on police overreach no longer seem to be part of the Jewish State’s democratic principles. Alex Traiman Feb. 9, 2022
Hamas: ‘IDF-trained dolphin’ equipped with ‘device’ is fishing for information The report stated that “dolphins have historically been used by the Russian and U.S. militaries to locate underwater mines.” Jan. 12, 2022
Democratic lawmakers call for sanctions against Israeli cyber-firm NSO Group “These surveillance mercenaries sold their services to authoritarian regimes with long records of human-rights abuses, giving vast spying powers to tyrants,” says Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Dec. 15, 2021
Israel stops mobile surveillance as means to grapple with Omicron variant This decision came a day after Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman called for the renewed protection of individual rights. Dec. 3, 2021
Report: Indian Army deploys Israeli-made Heron drones to monitor Chinese movements “[They] are more advanced than the ones in the inventory of the force, including their anti-jamming capability,” according to Indian media. Dec. 2, 2021
US blacklists Israeli cyber-surveillance companies NSO Group and Candiru “We are not taking action against countries or governments where these entities are located,” said the U.S. government in a statement. Nov. 3, 2021
Aeronautics Group defense company demonstrates UAV for Finnish Border Guard The evaluation was part of Finland’s Surveillance 2 project to examine the integration of unmanned aerial vehicles onboard its vessels. Oct. 15, 2021
Israeli company with military-grade surveillance aims to defend Jewish communities abroad Col. (res.) Oded Halevy, CEO of Gotrack HLS, who use to command the IDF’s Combat Collection School Brigade, employs former military lookouts and uses artificial intelligence to protect a growing number of civilian sites across Israel. Yaakov Lappin Feb. 1, 2021
