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The NSO Group, Israel’s darling of malware infection and surveillance for the global security market, was the brainchild of three engineers drawn from that…
Since making what was likely a life-saving plea deal to spare himself from the barbarities of the United States prison system, Julian…
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The timing, as with so much in the ongoing wars in Gaza and Lebanon, was most appropriate. The Israeli Knesset had signalled…
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The EU elections over June 6 to June 9 have presented a chaotically merry picture, certainly for those on the right of…
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