Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help (Psalms 146:3)
It was discovered over the weekend that the US actively spied on Israel from 2007-2011 in a variety of ways. In addition to phone tapping and email monitoring, Yedioth Ahronot reported that the US rented an apartment across from then Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s home with a supposed “sizable amount of electronic equipment.”
Prime Minister Netanyahu has long taken measures to avoid US surveillance. He has no office computer, does not use email or maintain a private phone. He even holds his most confidential meetings in secure Mossad offices and resorts to hand gestures as opposed to verbal speech to keep confidential matters secret.
Here are 7 responses from leading politicians on America’s spying on Israel:
1) Yuval Steinitz, Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs and Intelligence
![“Israel has unique intelligence relationships with the US and Britain — it [operates] like one intelligence community that shares information. Under these conditions, I think it’s unacceptable. We don’t spy on the US President and the White House… [Israel’s] working assumption is that even friendly countries try to listen in, and [Israel] takes the necessary security measures.”](https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1078592_1390269197865879_1104970219_o.jpg)
2) Nachman Shai, Member of Knesset (Labor Party)
3) Dr. Lawrence Korb, Former US Assistant Secretary of Defense
4) Isaac Herzog, Head of the left-wing Labor Party and Opposition in the Knesset
5) Yisrael Katz, Israel Minister of Transportation
6) Tzachi Hanegbi, Member of Knesset and former Chair of Israel’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
7) Ayelet Shaked, Member of Knesset (Jewish Home party)
Editor: Major Scandal or Standard Procedure: Should the US spy on Israel?
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