Report: The UK spied on Israel’s Leaders for Years
The British intelligence service, the GCHQ, has reportedly spied on Israeli diplomats, companies in the defense sector, State agencies, and university research centers
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 14/12/2016
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The French news outlet Le Monde reports that the British intelligence service, the GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), has spied on Israeli diplomats both in Israel and abroad. The British have also targeted private companies in the defense sector, State agencies responsible for international cooperation and university research centers known for their excellence in scientific matters.
According to Le Monde, these targets appear in the form of email addresses or telephone numbers in the interception reports of the GCHQ technicians, pleased to demonstrate that they had succeeded in identifying them in the flow of satellite telephone communications between the African continent and the rest of the world. At the end of each report, they state that the collection of this data can now become automatic.
Among the targeted diplomats were the second in command of the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry and the ambassadors in Nairobi, Kenya, andAbuja, and Nigeria.
One of the Israeli defense firms under surveillance was Ophir Optronics, specializing in fiber optics and laser technology, two key elements in modern armaments and leading industries. The British also monitored Israeli companies in the UAV industry.
The surveillance of Israeli interests by the GCHQ has also extended to the MASHAV – the Israeli state agency responsible for international cooperation and development. Finally, the British secret services have concentrated their attention on the work of certain advanced research centers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. They have also targeted the Racah Institute for Physics where theoretical and practical research is carried out in highly sensitive areas, according to the report, in particular in nuclear physics.
For further reading: The Intercept.
The British intelligence service, the GCHQ, has reportedly spied on Israeli diplomats, companies in the defense sector, State agencies, and university research centers
By Ministry of Defence - http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/, OGL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21516314
The French news outlet Le Monde reports that the British intelligence service, the GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), has spied on Israeli diplomats both in Israel and abroad. The British have also targeted private companies in the defense sector, State agencies responsible for international cooperation and university research centers known for their excellence in scientific matters.
According to Le Monde, these targets appear in the form of email addresses or telephone numbers in the interception reports of the GCHQ technicians, pleased to demonstrate that they had succeeded in identifying them in the flow of satellite telephone communications between the African continent and the rest of the world. At the end of each report, they state that the collection of this data can now become automatic.
Among the targeted diplomats were the second in command of the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry and the ambassadors in Nairobi, Kenya, andAbuja, and Nigeria.
One of the Israeli defense firms under surveillance was Ophir Optronics, specializing in fiber optics and laser technology, two key elements in modern armaments and leading industries. The British also monitored Israeli companies in the UAV industry.
The surveillance of Israeli interests by the GCHQ has also extended to the MASHAV – the Israeli state agency responsible for international cooperation and development. Finally, the British secret services have concentrated their attention on the work of certain advanced research centers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. They have also targeted the Racah Institute for Physics where theoretical and practical research is carried out in highly sensitive areas, according to the report, in particular in nuclear physics.
For further reading: The Intercept.
