{"id":1439291,"date":"2022-04-15T00:15:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T04:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439291"},"modified":"2022-04-15T00:15:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T04:15:56","slug":"1439291-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1439291-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">2<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F1439291-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1439291&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/5f9b934a8cb3f.image_-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Recent reports by Israeli and international media suggesting the Chinese Embassy in Israel gifted thermal coffee mugs containing hidden spyware to Israel\u2019s government on the occasion of the upcoming Jewish Passover holiday are \u201cbaseless rumors,\u201d the official website of the Chinese Embassy in Israel <a href=\"http:\/\/il.china-embassy.org\/eng\/sgxw\/202204\/t20220413_10667512.htm\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[C]ertain Israeli media spread rumors that, among the Passover holiday gifts the Embassy sent to the Israeli side following diplomatic customary practices, a thermal mug in the gifts \u2018may\u2019 contain \u2018a suspicious device\u2019. However, the so-called \u2018suspicious device\u2019 is in fact a getter, which could be easily found in the same kind of thermal mugs,\u201d the April 13 press release\u00a0read.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Chinese Embassy in Israel referred to reports by several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/israeli-agency-says-chinese-gift-to-minister-wasn-t-bugged-1.10736386\">Israeli<\/a> news outlets and <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/world\/passover-gift-from-chinese-embassy-to-israeli-minister-bugged-says-report\/913577\/\">international<\/a> news platforms on April 12 revealing Israeli authorities had in recent days discovered \u201csuspicious materials\u201d inside thermal beverage mugs gifted to Israeli Science, Technology, and Space Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen for Passover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gift aroused the suspicions of the office\u2019s security guards when it set off an alarm during a security screening. After another examination, the gift was transferred to the Shin Bet [the Israel Security Agency] over suspicions that it contained a surveillance device,\u201d Israel\u2019s <em>Haaretz<\/em> newspaper detailed on April 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the incident, the Shin Bet contacted additional government offices to locate more of these cups. Another gift was apparently sent to the office of Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz and a third to the office of Culture and Sports Minister Chili Tropper,\u201d according to <em>Haaretz<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>While investigating the suspicious mugs, Shin Bet advised security guards at all relevant Israeli government ministries to \u201cremain vigilant regarding gifts from embassies or foreign governments,\u201d the newspaper revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glzradio\">Army Radio<\/a> first broke the story on April 12, reporting that \u201cgovernment ministries were asked to increase their supervision of gifts from China over concerns that they may contain \u2018listening devices or cameras.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shin Bet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globes.co.il\/news\/article.aspx?did=1001408987\">concluded<\/a> its probe into the Chinese mugs later on April 12 and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarakRavid\/status\/1513740994826678276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1513740994826678276%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fisrael-news%2Fisraeli-agency-says-chinese-gift-to-minister-wasn-t-bugged-1.10736386\">found<\/a> that the gifts did not contain spyware. The security agency, also known as Israel\u2019s General Security Service (GSS), said it <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/chinese-embassy-fury-over-false-093000974.html\">identified<\/a> the suspicious device inside the mugs as a \u201cgetter,\u201d or a \u201ccommon addition to thermal products which absorbs any free oxygen left in the vacuum layer during production.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"iw\" dir=\"rtl\">\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05e9\u05d4 \u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05d1\u05dc\u05e9\u05db\u05d5\u05ea \u05e9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05d0\u05e9\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05e4\u05e8\u05e1\u05d5\u05dd \u05e9\u05dc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoriahAsraf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MoriahAsraf<\/a> \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05de\u05e6\u05d0 \u05d7\u05e9\u05d5\u05d3 \u05e9\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea\u05e8 \u05d1\u05db\u05d5\u05e1 \u05ea\u05e8\u05de\u05d9\u05ea \u05e9\u05e0\u05e9\u05dc\u05d7\u05d4 \u05db\u05de\u05ea\u05e0\u05d4 \u05de\u05e9\u05d2\u05e8\u05d9\u05e8\u05d5\u05ea \u05e1\u05d9\u05df \u05dc\u05d0\u05d7\u05d3 \u05de\u05de\u05e9\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05de\u05de\u05e9\u05dc\u05d4. \u05d4\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d4\u05ea\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc \u05e9\u05e8\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9 \u05d4\u05db\u05d5\u05e1 \u05d4\u05d7\u05e9\u05d5\u05d3\u05d4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qNHfa2SCHd\">pic.twitter.com\/qNHfa2SCHd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarakRavid\/status\/1513740994826678276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGSS technology experts who examined the component determined that it was an innocent component designed to maintain the vacuum in the sides of the beverage cup and maintain temperature over time,\u201d Shin Bet said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Jewish holiday of Passover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/MAGAZINE-everything-you-need-to-know-about-passover-the-holiday-that-celebrates-freedom-1.10703070\">begins<\/a> this year on the evening of Friday, April 15, and lasts through the evening of April 23.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent reports by Israeli and international media suggesting the Chinese Embassy in Israel gifted thermal coffee mugs containing hidden spyware to Israel\u2019s government on the occasion of the upcoming Jewish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":1894203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1439291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1894203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1439291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1439291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}