Pegasus snoop affair: Israeli envoy says it is India’s internal matter

A day after the Supreme Court ordered a “thorough inquiry” into allegations of unauthorised surveillance using the Pegasus spyware, Naor Gilon, Israel’s new ambassador to India, declined to be drawn into the issue, calling it an “internal” matter of India.

He said every export of the NSO Group — it is the maker of the Pegasus spyware — needs a licence from the Israeli government and this licence is only for exports to governments, not “non-governmental actors”.

He made these remarks Thursday during his first media interaction after taking charge earlier in the week as his country’s envoy to New Delhi.