Jerusalem: Israeli Parliament will look for an explanation from the police for troops reportedly the use of controversial hacking equipment against the citizens, said the senior legislator on Tuesday.
Without quoting sources, Kalko’s financial daily said the police had a Pegasus spyware made by the NSO Israel group – which is now on the US government blacklist – Since 2013.
Calcalist said the police used it against the target including the leaders of anti-government protests, sometimes without Required court warrants.
Responding to the Kalko report, Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai said the troops had obtained third-party cyber technology, but he stopped confirming or denied the use of Pegasus.
All such monitoring activities, he said in a statement, “done in accordance with the law …
(and) for example, in the case of listening to secrets, requests are submitted by the court, which examines this problem”.
He denied the newspaper report that the police had used spyware, among others, the leaders were called the protest “black flag” last year who demanded resignation from PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who was being tried on charges of corruption.
On the TV channel 12 Israeli lane, Meirav Legislator Ben Ari said the parliamentary public security committee which he chair would convene as early as next week to question the police about the Kalko report.
Israeli police under the fire for Pegasus are used to hack residents
