They got hacked with NSO spyware. Now Israel wants Palestinian activists' funding cut
An ongoing dispute over six Palestinian activist groups that Israel accuses of terrorism took a turn this week into the cloak-and-dagger world of Israeli spyware.
The week has seen several developments: On Sunday, the Israeli military outlawed five Palestinian civil society organizations in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, meaning it could close them down and arrest their leaders. (A sixth had already been banned previously). The move came after Israel designated them as terrorist groups last month.
On Monday, cyber researchers said Israeli-made spyware from NSO Group targeted three of those groups' activists.
On Tuesday, reflecting broad international concern, United Nations officials accused Israel of targeting human rights and humanitarian work with its ban.
And on Wednesday, an Israeli military court convicted a Spanish citizen affiliated
