Eran Vasker
Head of the Israeli intelligence firm Israel Cyber Shield
| Eran Vasker
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|---|---|
| Occupation | Head of Israel Cyber Shield; former Israel Police officer |
| Known for | A 2018 dossier on Linda Sarsour compiled for Act.IL |
Eran Vasker is the head of Israel Cyber Shield (ICS), an Israeli firm that collected information on activists in the BDS movement. He is a former officer in the Israel Police's international crime division.[1]
Israel Cyber Shield
In May 2018 Haaretz reported, as summarised by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, that ICS had compiled a dossier on the Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour for Act.IL, with the aim of persuading US colleges not to invite her to speak.[1] In 2016 Sagi Balasha, then co-founder of Kela Shlomo, described Israel Cyber Shield to an Israeli American Council audience as "a civil intelligence unit that collects, analyzes and acts upon the activists in the BDS movement, of its people, organizations, or events".[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Israeli intelligence firm reportedly collected info on Linda Sarsour JTA, 24 May 2018, summarising Haaretz, accessed 21 October 2026.
- ↑ James Bamford, The Israel-Affiliated Organization Leading the Backlash Against Student Protests The Nation, May 2024 (critical), accessed 21 October 2026.