Israeli private intelligence firms have been increasingly in the spotlight, revealed as the suppliers for Harvey Weinstein’s “army of spies” and as creators of apps that repressive regimes can use to spy on activists and journalists. Now, a New Yorker article is detailing how another firm — Psy-Group — used its intelligence expertise to manipulate…
(JTA) — Israel’s Mossad intelligence service broke into the anonymous Tehran building that housed Iran’s secret nuclear files and smuggled half a ton of documents and compact discs back to Israel the same night. The New York Times in an article posted on its website Monday night quoted a senior Israeli official who spoke on…
It was one of the Mossad’s most daring, complex and longest-running operations. But only now, 37 years on, is the story of a Red Sea diving resort run by the agency getting its moment in the sun. “Operation Brothers,” which ran for over three years in the early 1980s, was a breathtaking mission. At its…
Spring is finally, mercifully upon us. For the first time in months, barring a few anomalies, I walked around with my coat unzipped, breathing in the sweet, fresh, warm air of Manhattan’s Financial District. It was sublime. Yet, as Stravinsky knew well, spring and its mysteries can ignite a primitive flame within us. So I…
A Reuters photo essay captured undercover Israeli agents shutting down a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Agents wearing Palestinian flags and face masks dispersed a crowd of hundreds by firing their guns in the air and throwing sound grenades, according to witness reports. “The undercover personnel were posing as Palestinian protesters and…
Gal Gadot really is a Wonder Woman — a former Miss Israel winner who served in the IDF, a movie star who films blockbusters while pregnant, a feminist icon who has taken stances against accused sexual predators and high heels — is there anything she can’t do? According to the Times of Israel, Lebanese paper…
The Mossad will next week publish three volumes of documents related to its efforts to capture Dr. Josef Mengele, the notorious Nazi doctor who performed experiments on Jewish inmates at Auschwitz. Mengele fled Europe after World War II, and was pursued by the Israeli spy service to South America, where he took up residence in…
Israel’s intelligence agency, the Mossad, is launching an investment fund to support high-tech startups and capitalize on emerging technology, Haaretz reported reported earlier this month. The fund, called Libertad, will invest in firms in exchange for the rights to use the products and technology it develops. The agency plans to start investing later this month,…
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