'We Arrested Countless Palestinians for No Reason,' Says Ex-top Shin Bet Officer

“A line was crossed,” says Haim Rubovitch, referring to the government’s decision to allow the Shin Bet security service to use digital contact tracing to locate persons who came into contact with victims of COVID-19. “At first there was hysteria over the coronavirus – no one knew what to make of that monster. But, the use of those tools moved along the thin line between constitutional and unconstitutional.”