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Israel Government to Probe Police Use of NSO Group Spyware

  • Ministers approve investigation despite security objections
  • Panel barred from examining if hacks used in Netanyahu cases
Benjamin NetanyahuPhotographer: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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Israel’s government established a commission to investigate whether police misused spyware in an inquiry that the attorney general warned could potentially obstruct the criminal case against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.