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'Big Brother' Data Access Law to be Passed Within a Month

The bill is designed to allow the police to access a large data bank of information gleaned from internet providers, phone companies and cable companies. "Just as the criminals have improved their technological abilities," Ben-Sasson says, "the police must be allowed to improve as well."
Source: Israel National News (online), October 22, 2007

Woman beaten on Jerusalem bus for refusing to move to rear seat

A woman who reported a vicious attack by an ad-hoc "modesty patrol" on a Jerusalem bus last month is now lining up support for her case and may be included in a petition to the High Court of Justice over the legality of sex-segregated buses.
Source: Haaretz (online), December 20, 2006

IDF brass angered by phone logs check

Senior Israel Defense Forces officers expressed dissatisfaction yesterday with the announcement by Chief of Staff Dan Halutz that he had recently instructed the Field Security Directorate at the General Staff to keep track of their telephone conversations.
Source: Haaretz (online), August 18, 2006

Israel to military leaders: Keep dissent quiet

Military intelligence officers here have been asked not to talk to the media without prior authorization from their superiors while some are being petitioned to highlight Israel's gains in Lebanon, sources in the Israeli Defense Forces intelligence unit told WorldNetDaily.
Source: WorldNetDaily, August 15, 2006

Sharon protected by pilotless drone

Israel has started using a pilotless drone to protect Prime Minister Ariel Sharon against possible assassination attempts when he travels, security sources confirmed to the media.

The sources were confirming a report broadcast earlier on Israel's Channel 2 that Sharon is the first Israeli prime minister to be protected by a drone aircraft. The report said Sharon faces heightened threats by "settler extremists" who oppose his planned withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the West Bank this summer.

Source: WorldNetDaily, January 14, 2005