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Israel heightens surveillance citing COVID-19

Israel’s Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency has been given sweeping powers to monitor people and identify those with diseases and track those who have interacted with them.

April 23, 2020 by Peoples Dispatch

Israel has strengthened its surveillance infrastructure under the pretext of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The government’s moves have been criticized by various sections but it has continued nonetheless.