Those around Benny Gantz stressed on Tuesday that the defense minister’s trip to France on Wednesday, and the planned meeting with French Defense Minister Florence Parly, had been scheduled a month ago. Officials thus tried to clarify that it had nothing to do with the international report last week disclosing that the Pegasus software made by Israeli spyware firm NSO was used by governments to spy on dozens of journalists, dissidents, leaders and regulators throughout the world. But even if that’s the case, it’s reasonable to assume that a substantial part of their meeting will deal with NSO’