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Israel's Pegasus: The Secret Arm of Dutch Intelligence

by Oui Thu Jun 2nd, 2022 at 06:58:31 PM EST

Was not much of a secret to me looking at some remarkable achievements of both the "civil" AIVD and military MIVD ...

A single news item this evening grew into a diary ... talking human rights in the Western alliance.

Why Ridouan Taghi is the most wanted criminal in the Netherlands

Prime suspect Taghi is most likely living in Dubai ... enjoying his wealth.

Iran quite likely used the Dutch Moroccan mobster to liquidate a terrorist living undercover in The Netherlands for over 35 years.

Dutch Used Pegasus Spyware on Most-Wanted Criminal: Report | IT Security - AFP |

Dutch secret services have used the controversial Israeli spyware known as Pegasus to hack targets including the country's most-wanted criminal, a news report said on Thursday.

The Netherlands' AIVD secret service in 2019 used the software bought from Israel's NSO Group to access fugitive alleged drugs kingpin Ridouan Taghi, the Volkskrant daily reported.

Pegasus, which can switch on a phone's camera or microphone and harvest its data, was engulfed in controversy last July after several media outlets reported that governments around the world had used it to spy on opponents.

Based on four anonymous sources, Volkskrant said although tracing criminals was not the AIVD's role, it assisted Dutch police in finding Taghi, who was arrested in Dubai in 2019. Taghi, 44, and 16 others are currently on trial on charges including murder.

The newspaper said the AIVD used Pegasus to spy on Taghi "among others" but did not say who else may have been targeted.

Inside NSO, Israel's billion-dollar spyware giant | Technology Review |

To trace criminal Taghi, Dutch intelligence too traced the whereabouts of two Dutch journalists ...

The Dutch have joined the hacking club of Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Israel, Mexico, Hungary, Poland, Spain, etc., etc. ... well done liar Mark Rutte ... what is fake, what is real. The Dutch long ago used Verint software in phone tabs ... direct link to Israeli intelligence.

Pegasus: Saudi Tracking Software for Dissidents

Quid pro Quo

The Dutch Stop Funding Palestinian NGO

We strongly condemn the Dutch government's blow to Palestinian civil society | Mondoweiss - Jan. 2022 |

The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) and The Rights Forum strongly condemn the decision of the Dutch government to end its funding to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC). This decision was made despite an external investigation that affirmed UAWC's institutional independence and cleared the organisation of the main charges levied against it by the Israeli government and its extremist allies.

Salah Hammouri | Electronic Intifada |

Salah Hammouri is a French-Palestinian human rights defender, lawyer and field researcher at Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association based in Jerusalem. Through his human rights work the defender seeks actively justice and accountability for violations of Palestinian rights.

Israel as a police state, occupying power and friend of all obnoxious regimes in Africa and the Middle East.

The Dutch are recognized as the 6th Eye for model cooperation with the Five Eyes global espionage network. No holds barred.

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'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Thu Jun 2nd, 2022 at 09:09:34 PM EST
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Racist chants and clashes as tens of thousands march in Old City for Jerusalem Day | TOI - May 29, 2022 |

Some 70,000 Jewish nationalists marched through and around Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday afternoon to mark Jerusalem Day, some of them chanting racist slogans and clashing with Palestinians and police.

Many demonstrators chanted standard slogans and hymns honoring Jerusalem. But throughout the parade in the Old City, hundreds of other marchers called out "May your villages burn" and "Death to Arabs." 

"Shuafat is up in flames!" other Jewish Israeli participants yelled, referring to Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a teenage resident of that Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem who was burned to death by Jewish extremists in 2014.

From the late morning until well into the evening, sporadic brawls broke out between Israeli marchers and local Palestinians. Police said at least three people were detained during the clashes.

"I will take one revenge for both my eyes against Palestine -- damn them," a group of Jewish teenagers sang in the Old City, modifying a biblical verse sung by Samson about the Philistines.

Other participants hurled slurs at Palestinian journalists on the scene, calling them "whores" and "dogs." A large group of Jewish marchers mobbed a section of the plaza cordoned off for media, making obscene gestures at Arab journalists.



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by Oui (Oui) on Thu Jun 2nd, 2022 at 09:10:41 PM EST
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'Sapere aude'
by Oui (Oui) on Thu Jun 2nd, 2022 at 09:11:25 PM EST
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US Defence Contractor to Buy NSO Group (none / 0)
Rebirth of an ugly espionage tool which is meant to abuse human rights: Israel and USA.

Alleged Violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations by L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Tue Jun 14th, 2022 at 08:53:18 PM EST
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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Jun 14th, 2022 at 09:24:51 PM EST
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German EUCOM President VDL and Human Rights (none / 0)


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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Jun 14th, 2022 at 09:11:30 PM EST
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We strongly condemn the Dutch government's blow to Palestinian civil society

Decision made by caretaker cabinet of Rutte III, in last days before new ministers in cabinet Rutte IV would be sworn in. Cowards.

Of course Geert Wilders is an outspoken Islamophobe of the worst kind. PM Mark Rutte has moved further to the right and populist rhetoric to prevent loss of more voters to the PVV and anti-Semite Thierry Baudet. A political process for two decades after the 9/11 attacks, murder of Theo Van Gogh, political assassination of Pim Fortuyn.

The Dutch VVD (Rutte I) had chosen a "Likud" member as Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal. He served two years until Nov. 5, 2012.



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by Oui (Oui) on Tue Jun 14th, 2022 at 09:13:52 PM EST
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