According to leaked documents released by Edward Snowden, British
intelligence spied on Israeli diplomats and military officials in 2008 and
2009, warning that "the
Israelis constitute a true threat to regional security, notably because of the
country’s position on the Iran issue."
According to leaked documents released by Edward Snowden, British intelligence spied on Israeli diplomats and military
officials in 2008 and 2009, the French newspaper Le
Monde and Israel’s Haaretz reported on
Wednesday.
One of the files from 2009 said that “Britain’s GCHQ intelligence-gathering apparatus defined
Israel as ‘a true threat’ to the Middle East”.
“The
Israelis constitute a true threat to regional security, notably because of the
country’s position on the Iran issue,” the
file said.
The UK spy agency gathered
data on the “second-highest ranking official in the Israeli foreign ministry”, who
went unidentified by Le Monde and Haaretz. The two outlets also said that the
UK gathered surveillance on the Palestinian Authority.
GCHQ tapped the phone of
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbasin December 2008, weeks before Israel launched an offensive the
following month.
GCHQ also monitored emails between Israel’s ambassadors to
Kenya and Nigeria and the private Israel defence company Ophir Optronics.
During those two years, the UK spied on the Palestinian
Liberation Organisation’s secretary general and several Palestinian diplomatic
delegations, including former Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qurei and
Israeli-Palestinian parliamentarian Dr Ahmad Tibi.
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