President Herzog on wiretapping affair: "Law enforcement system can not overlap with law enforcement"
Politicians from the right and left sharply attacked the police after Calcalist revealed that the police had hung up the NSO spyware on senior officials.
According to Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, this is an "earthquake, these are acts that are suitable for dark regimes."
Police spokesman: "Doing injustice to police officers"
Tal Shalev, Yael Friedson and Shlomi Heller
07/02/2022
Monday, 07 February 2022, 09:30 Updated: 09:45
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In the video: Discussion in the Constitution Committee on the publication of the police's use of NSO's Pegasus spyware (Knesset Channel)
Many politicians from the coalition and the opposition sharply criticized this morning (Monday) following Calcalist, according to which the police hung NSO's Pegasus spyware on the phones of many senior officials, including former Finance Ministry CEOs Keren Turner and Shai Babad, businessman Rami Levy. Former Walla! CEO Ilan Yeshua and former editor Aviram Elad, as well as the son of former Prime Minister Avner Netanyahu.
President Yitzhak Herzog said: "This is not an easy day.
At the outset, I can not help but comment on the accumulation of publications, especially the news that was published this morning in Calcalist.
The law enforcement system can not overlap in law enforcement.
Whoever enforces the law must take care of them lightly or severely, most of all.
We must not lose our democracy.
We must not lose our police.
And certainly - we must not lose the public's trust in them.
That requires a thorough and thorough examination. "
Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked wrote on her Twitter account that "if this is true it is an earthquake, acts that are appropriate for dark regimes in the previous century that we must not be like. Mass intrusion on the privacy of many people is lawlessness that must be stopped today. "The police have these programs. The Knesset and the entire public deserve answers, today."
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"Acts appropriate to dark regimes."
Shaked (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Chairman of Religious Zionism Bezalel Smutrich said that “Alsich and the rest of those involved in the police and the prosecution should be arrested today and interrogated by an external and independent prosecutor with extensive powers.
At the same time a state commission of inquiry must be set up to understand how such a thing happens and what needs to be done to prevent its recurrence in the future.
The Israel Police and the State Attorney's Office are required to thoroughly clean the stables.
" Provide for all aspects, and formulate quick recommendations.
"A government commission of inquiry should be set up immediately in accordance with section 8A of the Government Law," Karib said.
"It is not possible to settle for an internal investigation team of the Ministry of Justice, in part because the supervision of police action must also be examined. Appointing a retired judge to head the investigation committee will allow by law to give the committee powers of a state commission of inquiry."
NSO offices (Photo: Reuters)
"I intend to discuss this issue with the Minister of Internal Security and the Minister of Justice, and if necessary to formulate a joint reading of the members of the Constitution Committee."
Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg wrote on her Twitter account: "Continued exposures about spyware leave no room for doubt: this is an earthquake that requires no less than a state commission of inquiry. ".
MK Eitan Ginzburg (blue and white) wrote: "A difficult day for democracy.
The ability of the police to track anyone without having evidence of a felony and without a judge's order is appalling.
Only an independent commission of inquiry will find out what was there, and perhaps restore confidence in the police.
Until then, the commissioner should enter the classified room in the Signet division today, and disconnect from the electricity the computer on which the software is installed. "
"Sleep deprivation."
Zandberg (Photo: Yoav Itiel)
Meretz chairman MK Michal Rosin wrote on her Twitter account: "The Israel Police needs to be shaken. The new revelations in the NSO affair should keep us all from sleeping. This is not how democracy is run, an external commission of inquiry should be opened immediately."
Advocate Uri Keinan, who represented the head of the Mevaseret Zion Council, Yoram Shimon, in the case of suspected bribery of businessman Rami Levy, responded: "I take very seriously the conduct of the police, which has crossed every border.
There is no other option than to set up a state commission of inquiry.
I emphasize that the case against Yoram Shimon was closed out of innocence, but that does not detract from the great severity of the police conduct. "The
son of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Avner, said after the publication that" this reward happened to me as well.
I'm really shocked.
It turns out that there is no importance to this nonsense, 'yes involved in politics, no involved', and it will happen to you too. "
"No one in the police force is bothered by the publications."
Police Spokesman, Levy (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Police spokesman Eli Levy said in an interview on 103FM that "an injustice has been done to the police. Let the committee do its thing. We are open to any investigation in full transparency, it is enough to do injustice to the police, these are high-ranking people. "He will be prosecuted for an offense. Everything that has been done up to this moment is done according to the law."
"I know the work of the police closely," Eli Levy continued. Of the police. "
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