By John Leyden, 16 Sep 2014
Israeli politicians and a former military intelligence commander have hit back at reservists who criticized Israel for spying on ordinary Palestinians.
Last week, 43 Israeli military intelligence reservists signed a letter refusing to serve in the occupied Palestinian territories over fears snoops were planning to blackmail individuals into becoming informants. The letter alleged that Israel Defence Force Unit 8200 – Israel's equivalent of the NSA – undertook "all encompassing" surveillance of Palestinians' medical conditions, finances, sexual orientation and infidelity in order to gain information that might be used to blackmail individuals into becoming informants against their own people.
The memo, published alongside testimony from Unit 8200 reservists, claimed signals intelligence work was being used to support the "political persecution" of Palestinians and the occupation of Arab lands within the state of Israel. The text of the letter was submitted to the Israeli authorities prior to its publication on Thursday.
The Register/ full article here/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/16/idf_spy_refuseniks/
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