Government speeds Shin Bet tracking law to Knesset for approval

The Prime Minister’s Office says in a statement that government ministers voted unanimously to immediately advance a law that would allow “digital means to locate an infection chain.”

The controversial law will allow the Shin Bet to use phone tracking technology to trace those found to be carrying the virus.

It says the law will be brought to the Knesset today.

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