Report claims major abuse of spyware by police * Netanyahu trial paused * Ministers back state inquiry * Op-ed: Cops gone rogue? * Israeli lab bring hope for paralyzed

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, February 7, 2022 Presented by [The Jewish QuarterlyÂ]( [Ministry heads, Netanyahu associates, activists said targeted by police with spyware]( By [TOI staff]( [Calcalist says protest leaders, journalists, mayors, and people connected to ex-PM’s trial were spied on with Pegasus; police said to believe Sara Netanyahu used son’s phone]( [Court cancels hearing in Netanyahu trial to mull police spying implications]( By [TOI staff]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [If true, spyware report shows a police force gone rogue, trampling Israeli democracy]( [Latest allegations point to cops reveling in their technological capacity to gather endless data on anyone they please; powerful, independent investigation is urgently needed]( Live updates [LIVE: Ministers back calls for state commission to probe police spyware allegations]( By [Joshua Davidovich]( [Lapid says Likud MK Ohana should be grilled first over claims that law enforcement illegally hacked phones; prosecutor claims evidence in Netanyahu trial on the level]( [Police minister establishes commission to probe explosive NSO spying claims]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Bennett says he understands ‘severity of matter,’ Israel Police chief calls for external probe, and wide range of lawmakers demand investigation over police hacking allegations]( [Israeli police chief holds first visit to UAE to advance security cooperation]( By [TOI staff]( [Ministers unanimously approve Gali Baharav-Miara as new attorney general]( By [TOI staff]( [Former lawyer in Tel Aviv district attorney’s office will be nation’s first woman to hold top justice role, comes into position with low public profile]( [Analysis / Approved Monday, relatively unknown AG will take office amid falling trust]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( from our sponsor [“The left has become the ideology that dare not speak its name.” — Anshel Pfeffer]( [The Jewish world of pre-war Europe was almost destroyed. 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