Pegasus as Israeli Diplomatic Currency
Pegasus comme monnaie d'echange diplomatique israelienne
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DECLARATION BY NETANYAHU (DOCUMENTED): Netanyahu stated (cited by Haaretz): ‘With our Defense Ministry sitting at the controls of how these systems move around, we will be able to exploit them and reap diplomatic profits.’
STATE CONTROL (DOCUMENTED): The Israeli Ministry of Defense classifies Pegasus as a weapon and controls all its exports. Each sale requires ministerial approval.
ABRAHAM ACCORDS AND PEGASUS (PARTIALLY CORROBORATED):
- September 2020: signing of the Abraham Accords (UAE, Bahrain)
- September 2020: UAE and Bahrain receive Pegasus licenses
- Almost all signatory countries have received Pegasus
- Israeli officials deny any quid pro quo
ACADEMIC ANALYSES:
- DAWN (Democracy for the Arab World Now): ‘The Outsized Role of Surveillance Technology in the Israel-UAE Abraham Accords’
- MERIP: ‘Normalizing the Surveillance State -- Cybersecurity Cooperation and the Abraham Accords’
- CFR: ‘How Israel's Pegasus Spyware Stoked the Surveillance Debate’
- Georgetown GJIA: ‘Limiting Government Use of Commercial Spyware’
DOCUMENTED ABUSIVE USAGES:
- UAE: surveillance of dissidents, journalists
- Saudi Arabia: alleged links to the Khashoggi affair
- Mexico: spying on journalists and lawyers
- Morocco: targeting Macron and French journalists
Key claims
Netanyahu a declare vouloir 'recolter des profits diplomatiques' de Pegasus (FAIT DOCUMENTE - Haaretz)
Le ministere de la Defense controle les exportations de Pegasus (FAIT DOCUMENTE)
Quasi tous les signataires des Accords d'Abraham ont recu Pegasus (FAIT DOCUMENTE)
Pegasus a ete offert comme incitation a la normalisation (PARTIELLEMENT CORROBORE - indices forts mais deni officiel)
Israel est responsable des usages abusifs de Pegasus (DEBATTU - question de responsabilite juridique)
Evidence FOR (3)
Declaration de Netanyahu sur les 'profits diplomatiques'
Source : Haaretz, 2022
Strength : fort
Coincidence temporelle : Accords d'Abraham et ventes Pegasus en septembre 2020
Source : Analyses DAWN, MERIP
Strength : fort
Controle etatique des exportations de Pegasus
Source : Reglementation israelienne de defense
Strength : fort
Evidence AGAINST (2)
Deni officiel de tout quid pro quo
Source : Responsables israeliens
Strength : faible
Les Accords d'Abraham ont de multiples motivations (menace iranienne, economie, pression US)
Source : Analyses geopolitiques
Strength : moyen
Timeline
Accords d'Abraham signes. EAU et Bahrein recoivent des licences Pegasus
Revelations du Projet Pegasus par Forbidden Stories
Haaretz revele la declaration de Netanyahu sur les 'profits diplomatiques'
Factchecks (1)
FC-0531 CONFIRMED 0 Base documentaire forte et diversifiee. Score maintenu.
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Base documentaire forte et diversifiee. Score maintenu.
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