From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Alex Kane was published by The Intercept on October 17, 2016.
When drafted into the army, Israel’s smartest youth are steered toward the intelligence unit and taught how to spy, hack, and create offensive cyberweapons. Unit 8200 and the National Security Agency reportedly developed the cyberweapon that attacked Iranian computers running the country’s nuclear program, and Unit 8200 engages in mass surveillance in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to veterans of the military intelligence branch.
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