Israel’s controversial cyber surveillance gets three-week extension
A parliamentary subcommittee approved Israel's use of the phone-tracing technology through May 26.
Israel’s security service has been given a three-week extension on its use of a controversial phone technology that critics say infringes upon civil liberties of Israeli citizens.
As the coronavirus began to spread through Israel in March, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet bypassed approval of the parliament and signed off on the tracing of cellphones by the Shin Bet security agency.
