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Eitan Charnoff. (courtesy)
August 31, 2020, 12:32 pm
Israeli pitched covert pro-Trump plan while leading ‘nonpartisan’ iVote Israel
Eitan Charnoff, national director of iVote Israel in 2016, denies it had ties to intel firm Psy-Group, where he worked at same time on Senate-cited bid to help Trump win presidency
By Simona Weinglass
Psy-Group marketing material
August 25, 2020, 2:31 pm
Israel ducks blame for firm with ex-intel officers that bid to ‘shape’ US vote
Defense Ministry tries to shrug off responsibility as Senate report reveals activities of Psy-Group; Israeli law prohibits unlicensed export of defense tech, knowledge, services
By Simona Weinglass
AntAC founder Vitaliy Shabunin was attacked with green antisepitic dye and pelted with pies during an anti-graft protest in Ukraine on July 17, 2018 )Photo Vyacheslav Ratynskyi / UNIAN)
May 15, 2020, 12:12 pm
How an Israeli intel firm allegedly harassed pro-democracy activists in Ukraine
In allegedly targeting Ukrainian reformers, Psy-Group served Russian interests, raising troubling questions about who a firm staffed by ex-Israeli intel officers was working for
By Vladimir Ivanidze, Simona Weinglass and Natalie Gryvnyak
Black Cube's internet homepage (screenshot)
June 6, 2019, 6:36 pm
Report: US Senate asks to interview Israeli-Brit in connection with Russia probe
Walter Soriano said requested to provide correspondence with Israeli firms Black Cube, Psy-Group and Wikistrat as part of intelligence committee investigation
By ToI Staff
The logo of the Israeli company NSO Group is displayed on a building where it had offices in Herzliya until 2016. (AP Photo/Daniella Cheslow)
From the WebMarch 22, 2019, 11:21 am
How internet mercenaries do battle for authoritarian governments
Israeli firm NSO Group has emerged as one of the industry leaders in growing market to provide countries with advanced spyware
Illustrative: Palestinians and anti-Israel Jewish groups stage a rally walking from Times Square to the United Nations Building in New York, September 15, 2011, calling to end all US aid to Israel, end the occupation and support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. (AP Photo/David Karp)
From the WebMarch 1, 2019, 3:42 pm
How a private Israeli intel firm spied on US pro-Palestinian activists
Private spy companies employing ex-IDF intelligence soldiers are working to silence BDS proponents on American college campuses, New Yorker reports
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a GOTV concert at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 5, 2016. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
February 13, 2019, 1:12 am
Ex-Mossad agents formed company that targeted Clinton campaign, BDS activists
New Yorker report details Israeli firm Psy-group’s attempt to influence US presidential elections, discourse on American campuses
By Marcy Oster
Psy-Group logo
From the WebFebruary 12, 2019, 1:09 pm
Private Mossad for hire
The New Yorker reports on how Psy-Group, an Israeli private intelligence company, became involved in efforts to change the board of a local California hospital
Rick Gates leaves federal court in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
January 17, 2019, 11:20 am
Mueller asks Trump associate about campaign ties to Israeli intel firm — report
Rick Gates has reportedly been questioned on links between Trump 2016 presidential campaign team and Psy-Group, a company alleged to have used social media manipulation
By ToI Staff
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gestures to the crowd during a campaign rally inside the Cabarrus Arena 7 Events Center in Concord, North Carolina. (AFP PHOTO / Logan Cyrus)
December 1, 2018, 5:16 am
Multiple Trump campaign staffers ‘reached out’ to Israel firm under FBI scrutiny
Psy-Group offered to engineer campaigns using social media manipulation against both Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican Senator Ted Cruz
By ToI Staff
Saudi Arabia's former deputy head of General Intelligence Ahmed al-Assiri. (YouTube screenshot)
November 11, 2018, 11:40 pm
Report: Saudi intel expressed interest in assassinating Iran officials in 2017
In meeting attended by Israeli strategist, aides to crown prince’s confidant asked about possibility of killing leader of Tehran’s paramilitary Quds force
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Rick Gates leaves federal court in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
October 9, 2018, 10:26 am
At the Gates: 10 things to know for October 9
An Israeli firm offered some shady services to Trump (with code names that made it sound like a children’s story); Jerusalem seems silent as Gaza heats up, and a manhunt continues
By Joshua Davidovich
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (AFP/TIMOTHY A. CLARY)
October 9, 2018, 3:06 am
Israeli firm pitched social media manipulation to Trump campaign — report
New York Times publishes proposals from Psy-Group, including creating fake accounts to target would-be Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz backers
By ToI Staff
An Egyptian man shouts anti-Israeli slogans in front of banners with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) logo during the launch of an Egyptian campaign that urges boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel and Israeli-made goods, at the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate in Cairo, April 20, 2015 (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
June 17, 2018, 2:07 pm
BDS is a dirty business. Those who battle it on Israel’s behalf must stay clean
After years of lousy PR, a new donor-backed firm is working with a well-funded ministry to thwart Israel’s detractors. They need to be careful where and how they spend their money
By David Horovitz
Illustrative image of demonstrators outside the offices of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo protesting his executive order calling for New York companies to divest from organizations that support the BDS movement, June 9, 2016. (Erik McGregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images via JTA)
June 6, 2018, 8:18 pm
Israeli firm under FBI scrutiny in Trump probe allegedly targeted BDS activists
According to a lawsuit against the company, a Psy-Group operative registered outlawbds.com, a website that reportedly named and shamed supporters of the anti-Israel boycott effort
By Simona Weinglass, David Horovitz and Raphael Ahren
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