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Pegasus Scandal: Israeli Government Distances Itself From Blacklisted NSO Group

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Pegasus Scandal: Israeli Government Distances Itself From Blacklisted NSO Group

Israel’s Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, distanced the government from the NSO Group on Saturday, which was blacklisted by the United States this week for allegedly abusing its phone hacking spyware. A survey of 17 media organizations published in July stated that NSO’s Pegasus software has targeted the smartphones of journalists, rights defenders and government officials in multiple countries. The company sent its products abroad under the permission of the Israeli Ministry of Defense.

After suspected software abuse emerged, the ministry has launched its own investigation into the company’s actions. No results have been announced yet, and Israel has so far not indicated that it is considering restrictions on exports from the National Bureau of Statistics. “The National Bureau of Statistics is a private company, not a government project, so even if it is designated, it has nothing to do with the Israeli government’s policy,” Rapide said at a news conference in Jerusalem. “I don’t think there is another country in the world that has such strict regulations on cyber warfare, and enforces these regulations more strictly than Israel, and we will continue to do so.”

This is the first time a senior Israeli minister has publicly made the above remarks since the US Department of Commerce announced its blacklist on Wednesday. In the past, NSO Group has been accused of selling hacking tools to authoritarian regimes. The National Bureau of Statistics stated that it only sells its products to law enforcement and intelligence agencies and takes measures to curb abuse.

They are included on the US list because they are engaged in activities that violate US national security or foreign policy interests, which means that their American counterparts are restricted from exporting to them. The National Bureau of Statistics expressed its “frustration” with the U.S. decision and terminated its contracts with government agencies that abused its advertised products as a legitimate tool to help counter-criminal authorities fight terrorism.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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