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How ex-U.K. PM Blair - funded by Larry Ellison - became a regular fixture in Netanyahu's office, and what was Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris doing in Israel this week
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Now in English
How ex-U.K. PM Blair - funded by Larry Ellison - became a regular fixture in Netanyahu's office, and what was Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris doing in Israel this week
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
🚨🚨The lawyer's phone was the first documented Predator spyware hit in Pakistan. Others, including politicians, were targeted. Our sources say the client is Pakistan itself, a country to which Israeli firms are not licensed to export surveillance tech
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Hacked in Pakistan: Israeli spyware firm Intellexa still active amid U.S. sanctions. New victims of Predator spyware identified, with secretive 0click Ad-based infections.
Bombshell expose by Omer Benjakob, Eliza Triantafillou, Lorenz Naegeli, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill
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Bibi Diary Reveals Close Ties With Republican Lawmakers - and Secret Call With UAE Leader
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When Predatory Sparrow strikes Charming Kitten, a trove is exposed. We dug into the data, and found how Iran's elite Cyber unit targets Israel's most sensitive sites
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🚨 Shadowy "consulting firm" from Estonia owned by an Israeli, flew 350 Gazans to Indonesia, Malaysia,S. Africa. 3 groups departed on chartered flights from Eilat Airport. Firm was in contact with Israel’s “Voluntary Emigration Bureau”
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🚨 Shadowy "consulting firm" from Estonia owned by an Israeli, flew 350 Gazans to Indonesia, Malaysia,S. Africa. 3 groups departed on chartered flights from Eilat Airport. Firm was in contact with Israel’s “Voluntary Emigration Bureau”
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Working in Israel on disinformation? (mitigating it, not spreading it). The Israeli Internet Association has a new grant (50K NIS) open to activists, initiatives, and orgs to develop new solutions. I'm on the board of the committee (w @avischarf.bsky.social etc)
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4/ Two additional campaigns revealed in the FARA docs involve hiring MAGA influencers to promote Israeli talking points, and developing a bot-network to "flood the zone" with those pro-Israeli messages
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4/ Two additional campaigns revealed in the FARA docs involve hiring MAGA influencers to promote Israeli talking points, and developing a bot-network to "flood the zone" with those pro-Israeli messages
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3/ One part revealed in the FARA docs concerns tagging Christian worshippers while at church, in order to continue targeting them online with Israeli messaging.
Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed this aspect of the campaign would not be implemented
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3/ One part revealed in the FARA docs concerns tagging Christian worshippers while at church, in order to continue targeting them online with Israeli messaging.
Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed this aspect of the campaign would not be implemented
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2/ The focus on Christian audiences follows an unprecedented decline in support for Israel amid the war in Gaza - even among conservatives. Half of young Republicans (under age 50) now hold a negative view of Israel, up 15 percent since the war began.
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2/ The focus on Christian audiences follows an unprecedented decline in support for Israel amid the war in Gaza - even among conservatives. Half of young Republicans (under age 50) now hold a negative view of Israel, up 15 percent since the war began.
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1/ Losing Republicans' support, Israel signed contracts to target millions of U.S. churchgoers, deploy bots, hire influencers and try to make ChatGPT more pro-Israel
Omer Benjakob dug in FARA docs and here's what he found
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What the Vatican, Israeli Arms Dealers and Jared Leto Have in Common?
An international investigation reveals a firm selling advanced surveillance tech. Unlike spyware, it leaves no forensic evidence
by Omer Benjakob @cr0ft0n.bsky.social @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social
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Germany buys Israeli Spike missiles in 2 Billion Euro Deal
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And Rashid Street further south
Planet Labs 15sep v 1sep
The Wharf
Planet Labs 15SEPv1SEP
Central Gaza - here Daraj and Rimal - also evacuates, but at lesser pace (as of Sep15 imagery)
17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Central Gaza - here Daraj and Rimal - also evacuates, but at lesser pace (as of Sep15 imagery)
17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Here's Tel Al Hawa
17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Fresh Planet Labs imagery (15Sep v 1Sep) shows already displaced Gazans leaving for the south. Most tents gone - as expected - first from north (Naser) and south (Tel El Hawa) n'hoods.
17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0And Rashid Street further south
Planet Labs 15sep v 1sep
The Wharf
Planet Labs 15SEPv1SEP
Central Gaza - here Daraj and Rimal - also evacuates, but at lesser pace (as of Sep15 imagery)
17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Central Gaza - here Daraj and Rimal - also evacuates, but at lesser pace (as of Sep15 imagery)
17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Here's Tel Al Hawa
17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Fresh Planet Labs imagery (15Sep v 1Sep) shows already displaced Gazans leaving for the south. Most tents gone - as expected - first from north (Naser) and south (Tel El Hawa) n'hoods.
17.09.2025 08:33 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Fresh Planet Labs imagery (15Sep v 1Sep) shows already displaced Gazans leaving for the south. Most tents gone - as expected - first from north (Naser) and south (Tel El Hawa) n'hoods.
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