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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 653

Catalan separatism

The NSO Group logo is seen on a smartphone placed on a laptop keyboard. (Mundissima/Alamy)
July 10, 2023, 11:04 pm
Spain closes probe into Pegasus spyware over Israel’s ‘complete lack of cooperation’
After Israel ignores four requests from judge investigating use of Israeli-made hacking technology, Spain set to pursue ‘diplomatic channel’
By AFP
An Illustration of a man holding his phone with an NSO Group logo with a computer screen in the background, in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 7, 2022, 10:36 pm
Spanish judge okays probe into Israeli NSO group over Catalan phone tapping
Catalan separatist party claims more than 60 phones belonging to independence supporters bugged using Pegasus phone hacking software during independence bid in 2017
By AFP
Director of the National Intelligence Centre (CNI) Paz Esteban speaks during a conference in 2019. (YouTube Screenshot)
May 10, 2022, 2:23 pm
Spain sacks intel chief over phone hacking with Israeli spyware
Paz Esteban, the first woman to head the country’s CNI intelligence agency, is at center of phone hacking scandal of prime minister and Catalan leaders
By AFP and ToI Staff
This picture taken on April 19, 2022 at the EU Parliament in Brussels shows a document entitled 'Catalangate democracy under surveillance,' during a press conference by the exiled former Catalan leader and member of European Parliament. (Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP)
April 26, 2022, 3:18 pm
Spain got judicial approval to use Israeli spyware on Catalan separatists – report
El Pais newspaper says government use of Pegasus software to hack cellphones targeted selected individuals and was not ‘massive’ as alleged
By AFP
A Catalonia independence supporter wearing the Estelada flag stamped on his t-shirt chants against the Spanish State outside the Catalan government's Generalitat building in Barcelona, Spain, October 30, 2017. (AP/ Gonzalo Arroyo/ File)
April 24, 2022, 7:18 pm
Spain vows transparency in probe of Pegasus spyware use against Catalan separatists
Toronto-based Citizen Lab says Israeli-made software detected in devices of 65 people, including elected officials, activists, lawyers, European lawmakers and others
By Aritz Parra
Catalan regional president Pere Aragones talks to the press in front of the Palacio de las Cortes congress in Madrid on April 21, 2022. (Javier Soriano/AFP)
April 21, 2022, 6:15 pm
NSO spyware allegations poison Spain’s ties with Catalan separatists
‘We have suspected for a long time that we were the target of the state intelligence service,’ Catalan leader says amid scandal involving Israeli-made Pegasus software
By Alfons Luna
An Israeli woman uses her phone in front of a building in Herzliya that housed the NSO Group intelligence firm, August 28, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP/File)
August 3, 2020, 4:26 pm
Senior clergy among Togo activists said targeted by Israeli spyware
Anti-government figures, including top members of church, reportedly have phones hacked with NSO Group software; watchdog says unlikely firm can claim they are legitimate targets
By ToI Staff
Roger Torrent, president of Catalonian Parliament, speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
July 28, 2020, 2:37 pm
WhatsApp confirms Catalan separatist’s phone targeted with Israeli firm spyware
Roger Torrent has accused Madrid of spying on him by employing NSO-made Pegasus software; messaging giant doesn’t say whether hack succeeded
By ToI Staff and Agencies
An Israeli woman uses her phone in front of a building in Herzliya that housed the NSO Group intelligence firm, August 28, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP/File)
July 18, 2020, 12:58 pm
US judge rules WhatsApp lawsuit against Israeli spyware firm NSO can go ahead
Jurist says it appears the Herzliya-based firm ‘retained some role’ in the targeting of individuals, ‘even if it was at the direction of their customers’
By ToI Staff
Roger Torrent, president of Catalonian Parliament, speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, January 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
July 14, 2020, 5:12 pm
Catalan leader demands probe into alleged Spanish spying using Israeli tech
Roger Torrent demands investigation into reports his cellphone was hacked by Madrid, possibly employing NSO-made Pegasus software
By AP
Spanish Prime Minister, and Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) candidate for prime minister, Pedro Sanchez casts his ballot at a polling station in Madrid, during general elections in Spain on April 28, 2019. (JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)
April 28, 2019, 11:35 pm
Far-right seen making gains as Spaniards turn out for election
Outcome of national poll uncertain, as no party expected to be able to form solid coalition, but populist Vox may take 10% of vote or more
By Daniel Silva and Marianne Barriaux
European Parliament President Josep Borrell gives a farewell speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on January 15, 2007. (AFP PHOTO / Frederick FLORIN/File)
June 6, 2018, 11:25 pm
Spain’s new foreign minister met his first wife on an Israeli kibbutz
Josep Borrell, 71, is a staunch critic of Catalan independence; was European parliament president in 2004-2007
By AFP and ToI Staff
A nun casts her ballot for the Catalan regional election at a polling station in Barcelona on December 21, 2017. (AFP Photo/Javier Soriano)
December 21, 2017, 10:51 pm
Catalans vote in bid to solve independence crisis
High turnout seen in new referendum called by Spanish government after dissolving Catalonia’s separatist coalition
By Marianne Barriaux and Serene Assir
People hold Catalan pro-independence Estelada flags during a demonstration in Barcelona on November 11, 2017 calling for the release of jailed separatist leaders. (AFP PHOTO / Josep LAGO)
November 12, 2017, 2:32 am
Huge rally in Barcelona demands jailed separatists’ release
Organizers of grassroots demo call for 10 prominent members of Catalonia’s secessionist movement to be freed from prison
By Joseph Wilson
In this Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 file photo, ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont smiles after a press conference in Brussels. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)
November 5, 2017, 5:25 pm
Catalan ex-president turns himself in to Belgian police
Carles Puigdemont and 4 former ministers surrender to authorities as Brussels examines Spanish arrest warrants
By AP
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