NSO chairman ends his post: "There is no connection to the espionage affair"

Asher Levy, announced his resignation and wanted to clarify - "there is no connection between the termination of my position and the latest publications linked to the company", in the background of allegations of police espionage of civilians through the company's "Pegasus" software

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25/01/2022

Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 15:51 Updated: 16:00

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In the video: Conflict in the Internal Security Committee over Israel's use of NSO's Pegasus software (Photo: Knesset Channel)

NSO chairman Asher Levy announced his resignation today (Tuesday) and sought to clarify - "There is no connection between the termination of my position and the latest publications linked to the company", amid allegations of police spying on civilians using the company's "Pegasus" software.

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This week, an investigation was published in Calcalist, which shows that the police tracked Israelis using NSO's Pegasus software, which was remotely implanted in telephones, without permission and home supervision. Trial.The software took over the phones of protesters, employees of a government company, opponents of the Pride Parade and even mayors and a close associate of a senior politician, eavesdropped on their phone calls and watched their correspondence.

The follow-up was conducted, among other things, to find evidence of crimes that citizens were suspected of committing or involved in, or to find information that would help put pressure on detainees.

Following the publication in the political system, they called for the establishment of a committee of inquiry into the matter, and some members of the Knesset even demanded the dismissal of the commissioner.

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