Pegasus case: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz visits Paris
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will meet his French counterpart Françoise Parly on Wednesday July 27 (Illustrative image).
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The Israeli Minister of Defense in Paris this Wednesday, July 28.
He will be received by Florence Parly the Minister of the Armed Forces.
Benny Gantz will present the Israeli position on the case of the Pegasus spyware developed in his country and which would have been used in particular to spy on the phone of the French head of state, which the NSO company denies.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem,
Michel Paul
A lightning visit which is the direct result of
the telephone conversation
between President Macron and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett last Thursday.
Benny Gantz is traveling to Paris to brief French authorities on verifications on the sale of Pegasus software by the NSO group, according to a statement released by the Israeli Defense Ministry.
The Israeli government has set up an inter-agency commission to verify that the license to sell the software, considered an offensive cybersecurity product, has been respected.
For its part, the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, has launched an investigation into the alleged use of Pegasus by some states to hack the phones of figures such as French President Emmanuel Macron.
The Israeli Defense Minister intends to raise strategic and security issues during his meeting with Florence Parly.
Benny Gantz particularly wishes to address the situation in Lebanon and the Iranian nuclear issue in which the Hebrew state is totally opposed to an agreement.
►Also read: Pegasus: the involvement of the Israeli government in question
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