In a Might 4 submission, the Shin Wager requested the courtroom to dismiss the case. It stated the monitoring know-how was a professional instrument throughout the scope of its authority.
It described the misfired messages as an remoted error, stated it had recognized “a number of particular flaws within the method of sending the messages” and up to date its pointers to forestall comparable errors sooner or later.
It described the instrument as “proportionate, balanced and most cheap.”
The messages had been despatched to hundreds of Palestinians in Might 2021 on the top of one of many metropolis’s most turbulent durations in recent times. On the time, Palestinian protesters had been clashing with Israeli police on the Al Aqsa Mosque in violence that helped gasoline an 11-day warfare between Israel and the Hamas militant group within the Gaza Strip.
Utilizing mobile-phone monitoring know-how, the Shin Wager despatched a textual content message to individuals it believed had been concerned within the clashes and instructed them “we’ll maintain you accountable” for acts of violence.
The recipients included each Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem, who maintain Israeli residency rights, in addition to Palestinian residents of Israel. Whereas some recipients had participated within the clashes, others, together with individuals who lived, labored or prayed within the space, obtained the message erroneously and stated they had been stunned or scared. Jewish Israelis within the space will not be recognized to have obtained the message.
The Affiliation for Civil Rights in Israel has warned that such mass messages may have a “chilling impact” on Israel’s Palestinian minority and says the Shin Wager ought to correctly examine anybody suspected of breaking the regulation.
Two of the group’s attorneys, Gil Gan-Mor and Gadeer Nicola, issued a joint assertion accusing the Shin Wager of utilizing “intrusive surveillance instruments” to intimidate residents and convey that they’re beneath surveillance.
“Sending a threatening textual content message to a citizen shouldn’t be an possibility in a democratic nation,” they stated.
In a Might 4 submission, the Shin Wager requested the courtroom to dismiss the case. It stated the monitoring know-how was a professional instrument throughout the scope of its authority.
It described the misfired messages as an remoted error, stated it had recognized “a number of particular flaws within the method of sending the messages” and up to date its pointers to forestall comparable errors sooner or later.
It described the instrument as “proportionate, balanced and most cheap.”
The messages had been despatched to hundreds of Palestinians in Might 2021 on the top of one of many metropolis’s most turbulent durations in recent times. On the time, Palestinian protesters had been clashing with Israeli police on the Al Aqsa Mosque in violence that helped gasoline an 11-day warfare between Israel and the Hamas militant group within the Gaza Strip.
Utilizing mobile-phone monitoring know-how, the Shin Wager despatched a textual content message to individuals it believed had been concerned within the clashes and instructed them “we’ll maintain you accountable” for acts of violence.
The recipients included each Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem, who maintain Israeli residency rights, in addition to Palestinian residents of Israel. Whereas some recipients had participated within the clashes, others, together with individuals who lived, labored or prayed within the space, obtained the message erroneously and stated they had been stunned or scared. Jewish Israelis within the space will not be recognized to have obtained the message.
The Affiliation for Civil Rights in Israel has warned that such mass messages may have a “chilling impact” on Israel’s Palestinian minority and says the Shin Wager ought to correctly examine anybody suspected of breaking the regulation.
Two of the group’s attorneys, Gil Gan-Mor and Gadeer Nicola, issued a joint assertion accusing the Shin Wager of utilizing “intrusive surveillance instruments” to intimidate residents and convey that they’re beneath surveillance.
“Sending a threatening textual content message to a citizen shouldn’t be an possibility in a democratic nation,” they stated.
In a Might 4 submission, the Shin Wager requested the courtroom to dismiss the case. It stated the monitoring know-how was a professional instrument throughout the scope of its authority.
It described the misfired messages as an remoted error, stated it had recognized “a number of particular flaws within the method of sending the messages” and up to date its pointers to forestall comparable errors sooner or later.
It described the instrument as “proportionate, balanced and most cheap.”
The messages had been despatched to hundreds of Palestinians in Might 2021 on the top of one of many metropolis’s most turbulent durations in recent times. On the time, Palestinian protesters had been clashing with Israeli police on the Al Aqsa Mosque in violence that helped gasoline an 11-day warfare between Israel and the Hamas militant group within the Gaza Strip.
Utilizing mobile-phone monitoring know-how, the Shin Wager despatched a textual content message to individuals it believed had been concerned within the clashes and instructed them “we’ll maintain you accountable” for acts of violence.
The recipients included each Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem, who maintain Israeli residency rights, in addition to Palestinian residents of Israel. Whereas some recipients had participated within the clashes, others, together with individuals who lived, labored or prayed within the space, obtained the message erroneously and stated they had been stunned or scared. Jewish Israelis within the space will not be recognized to have obtained the message.
The Affiliation for Civil Rights in Israel has warned that such mass messages may have a “chilling impact” on Israel’s Palestinian minority and says the Shin Wager ought to correctly examine anybody suspected of breaking the regulation.
Two of the group’s attorneys, Gil Gan-Mor and Gadeer Nicola, issued a joint assertion accusing the Shin Wager of utilizing “intrusive surveillance instruments” to intimidate residents and convey that they’re beneath surveillance.
“Sending a threatening textual content message to a citizen shouldn’t be an possibility in a democratic nation,” they stated.
In a Might 4 submission, the Shin Wager requested the courtroom to dismiss the case. It stated the monitoring know-how was a professional instrument throughout the scope of its authority.
It described the misfired messages as an remoted error, stated it had recognized “a number of particular flaws within the method of sending the messages” and up to date its pointers to forestall comparable errors sooner or later.
It described the instrument as “proportionate, balanced and most cheap.”
The messages had been despatched to hundreds of Palestinians in Might 2021 on the top of one of many metropolis’s most turbulent durations in recent times. On the time, Palestinian protesters had been clashing with Israeli police on the Al Aqsa Mosque in violence that helped gasoline an 11-day warfare between Israel and the Hamas militant group within the Gaza Strip.
Utilizing mobile-phone monitoring know-how, the Shin Wager despatched a textual content message to individuals it believed had been concerned within the clashes and instructed them “we’ll maintain you accountable” for acts of violence.
The recipients included each Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem, who maintain Israeli residency rights, in addition to Palestinian residents of Israel. Whereas some recipients had participated within the clashes, others, together with individuals who lived, labored or prayed within the space, obtained the message erroneously and stated they had been stunned or scared. Jewish Israelis within the space will not be recognized to have obtained the message.
The Affiliation for Civil Rights in Israel has warned that such mass messages may have a “chilling impact” on Israel’s Palestinian minority and says the Shin Wager ought to correctly examine anybody suspected of breaking the regulation.
Two of the group’s attorneys, Gil Gan-Mor and Gadeer Nicola, issued a joint assertion accusing the Shin Wager of utilizing “intrusive surveillance instruments” to intimidate residents and convey that they’re beneath surveillance.
“Sending a threatening textual content message to a citizen shouldn’t be an possibility in a democratic nation,” they stated.
