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| Most Israelis think US is spying on them |
| 2013-11-04 |
| An overwhelming majority of Israelis believe the US spies on Israelis, according to the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University's monthly Peace Index poll, released Monday. When asked if the US listens to Israeli leaders' and citizens' conversations, 90 percent of Jewish respondents and 62% of Arabs said yes. At the same time, 65% of Jewish Israelis and 22% of Arab Israelis support spying on friendly countries, while 73% of Israeli Jews believe Israel already does so. Of course, one might ask what constitutes "friendly" if you're Israel? The poll results come after The New York Times reported Sunday that classified files made public by fugitive former US National Security Agency agent Edward Snowden showed that the NSA tracked Israeli military targets and shared material with the IDF Military Intelligence's Unit 8200. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 Governments are NOT spying on foreign governments. Interest is wastefully diverted into spying on foreign citizens and sharing that useful to the politically-connected info with foreign governments often to get around constitutional restrictions... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-11-04 16:10 |
| #5 "Tourists" ....yes of course, anything you say. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-11-04 09:46 |
| #4 Heck, most Americans think the US is spying on Americans too. Howdy NSA, how's morning coffee? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-11-04 09:21 |
| #3 Playing tourist in war zone, Besoeker. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-11-04 09:13 |
| #2 It can come at a terrible price. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-11-04 09:02 |
| #1 Well, we are aren't we? Further, shouldn't we be? In my mind, one of the (very few) proper activities of our government is to spy on foreign governments (friendly or not). |
| Posted by: GORT 2013-11-04 08:58 |