Posted on 01/10/21
| News Source: Times of Israel
The Shin Bet security service hacked the phones of several anti-Netanyahu protesters on suspicion they sought to break into the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, Channel 13 news reported Saturday.
The report said the security agency was granted authorization to read messages on demonstrators’ phones and search their homes after a number of protesters breached a police barricade outside the compound last week, with Netanyahu and his wife Sara reportedly moved to a safe room.
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The protesters had no intention to break into the residence but wanted to tie themselves to the fence outside, according to the network.
The security service said in response that “The Shin Bet acts in accordance with the law to safeguard the country’s security, democratic governmental order and institutions. If any threat of this type is identified, the Shin Bet will act in accordance with the tools at its disposal in accordance [with] the law.”
Read more at Times of Israel.