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Jazz ShawPosted at 11:01 am on January 3, 2021
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Even as Israel has enjoyed rapprochement with several Arab states that have traditionally been enemies over the past year, they’ve also been hit hard by the pandemic, as have most nations of the world. But the government’s response and efforts to slow the spread of the disease has been significantly different than what we’ve seen in the United States. America has had more than its share of lockdowns and quarantines, along with reminders to engage in social distancing and contact tracing. But the Israelis have taken the idea of contact tracing to an entirely new level. As this report from the Associated Press explains, Israel’s citizens have endured a level of scrutiny that has democracy advocates up in arms. A cellphone location tracking tool normally used to identify and detain terrorists cooperating with the Palestinians was unleashed on the entire c
2021/01/01 14:19 A man in a protective mask passes another man talking on his mobile phone at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. In the e. A man in a protective mask passes another man talking on his mobile phone at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. In the early days of the pandemic, a panicked Israel began using a mass surveillance tool on its own people, tracking civilians’ mobile phones to halt the spread of the coronavirus. But months later, the tool’s effectiveness is being called into question and critics say its use has come at an immeasurable cost to the country’s democratic principles. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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A man in a protective mask passes another man talking on his mobile phone at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, December 23, 2020. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
In the early days of the pandemic, a panicked Israel began using a mass surveillance tool on its civilians, tracking people’s cellphones in hopes of stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
The government touted the technology, normally used to catch wanted Palestinian terrorists, as a breakthrough against the virus. But many months later, the tool’s effectiveness is being called into question and critics say its use has come at an immeasurable cost to the country’s democratic principles.
TEL AVIV, Israel - In the early days of the pandemic, a panicked Israel began using a mass surveillance tool on its civilians, tracking people’s cellphones