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Google Street View exposes secret Israeli base
Aviv Mizrahi
Published: 03.05.12, 20:47
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1. IDF : do us a favour and shut down Google now !
I care for Israel   (05.03.12)
2. Google is the terrorists spy satellite
zionist forever   (05.03.12)
The defense establishment needs to learn to adjust to changing technologies. Google Street & Google Earth offer the same kind of resolution once limited to military spy satellites and its freely available to anybody who wants it .. terrorists included. We have also seen cyber warfare in action with the hacking of credit cards and that was just some arab with a grudge against Israel next time it could be a terrorist or an enemy state wanting to do real harm. The IDF must adapt to modern times.
3. ?
james ,   il   (05.03.12)
How stupid for Israel to allow Google street view.....crazy
4. Shukran
Hamas ,   Gaza   (05.03.12)
Thank you for calling it to our attention. You know our people built those bases for you, so we already knew anyway.
5. Google did the same with a British SAS base.
Nick ,   Karmiel   (05.03.12)
6. Very disturbing
Tlv ,   Tlv   (05.03.12)
Why make a vulnerable situation worse... Very disconcerting
7. google street view
sey ,   raanana israel   (05.03.12)
"This is a first-rate screw up…much can be learned from these images, and someone in the IDF whose job it is to monitor this issue screwed up here," the officer said.".........EXACTLY!!! again we messed up and want to blame Google, Passing the buck, our favourite sport.
8. and ynet is exposing this...
naava ,   jerusalem   (05.03.12)
...for what reason?? It's bad enough for it to have happened...why are you broadcasting it? I thought we weren't ever going to have the google maps anywhere in Israel for this very reason. But then, everyone knows what goes on in Chelm.
9. Israel should take this incident as a starting point
Yael Schlichting ,   Qiryat Motzkin   (05.03.12)
Israel should take this incident as a starting point for really serious talks with google. I mean, It also cannot be, that I can find practically everything with google-maps and google earth. This goes too far! It is not exactly about the primary military secrecy. But compromising the one thing, in Israels case in particular, compromises the security of the peoples of a country. The U.S. is making shure, that none of its sensitive sites are exposed. Look at: Latitude: 37°13'53.59"N Longitude: 115°48'22.71"W That's Area 51 in Nevada. Pretty empty. Yes, there is an image of an air base, but chances are, that the real air base looks quite different. Well, it's really time to sit down with these guys and make them clear, that business cannot be everything! There are a few other important issues!
10. OH NO!
les ,   canada   (05.03.12)
i can not be THAT wrong... always thought israelis are capable, smart, analytical, visionary people (at least the leadership). who made the decision to allow this atrocity to hapen? just to make the terrorists job a cinch, to pick targets without even setting foot at the sight. HOW STUPID CAN PEOPLE GET....
11. Apparenty the secret base is not so secret
Israeli   (05.03.12)
12. so get them to remove it.
jj   (05.03.12)
its really simple. they will. lots of places in europe have had them remove street view for lesser "offences" and a few countries flat out refuse to allow it. not a big deal. by the way; lol at the "IDF, shut down google, now!" talkbacks. ah, the delusions of grandeur continue.
13. Relax people
sk ,   US   (05.03.12)
What you think you see may not be what you think you see!
14. Google Street View
Rita ,   Salt Lake City UT   (05.04.12)
Have we checked to see if any Iranian nuke plants are also in this data base?
15. lol
Angela ,   Holland The Haque   (05.04.12)
They don,t blame you but google, lol. Good job!
16. paranoid androids
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17. A NOTE TO THOSE RESPONSIBLE
David ,   New York, NY   (05.04.12)
Maping the city of Tel Aviv street by street. Gee, what could possibly go wrong? Smart decision...Enjoy your snooze! And when you awaken and if you've also green-lit the vicinities of Tel Nof, Ramat David, Hatzor and so on, you should carefully reconsider your decisions.
18. Really Afraid of Google
Elizabeth ,   Dallas, Texas   (05.04.12)
At first I was not concerned, but now that I am finding out more about Google and the activities and policies, I am actually fearful. Google management is obviously anti-Israel. There is no doubt about that. I'm like many others who are looking for an alternative to using any Google services, Facebook, You Tube ---anything Google.
19. Google street view
Habib Seliman ,   New York, USA   (05.04.12)
Dear Google, now please give us Gaza street view, Ramallah street view, Damascus & Homs street view, Tehran street view, Mecca street view. We want to see it all.
20. Google is not the culprit here.
leo ,   usa   (05.04.12)
They do not take pictures, they buy their info. Posted at Google or or not these pictures exist elsewhere and if one could snap them so can everyone else. Israel would be much better served by improving its security instead of looking for whom to blame.
21. Why Expose it more in the media???
Stephanie ,   Israel   (05.04.12)
I hope the person who found it out tried to contact Google and relevant army authorities first to see if they could correct this privately. Otherwise they are doing more of a diservice to this country than Google or the others. Not everything has to go to the media, even in today's world.
22. google works with the cia. when privacy is lost, it cannot
debra ,   usa   (05.04.12)
be regained. kick google and their spy cameras out of israel NOW.
23. Big Deal !!!
Mike ,   Tel Aviv   (05.04.12)
Everyone in Israel knows about the IDF HQ and facilities on Kaplan street. Anyone, including the workers constructing a large building down the street, can stroll down that street and see what SreetView saw. This story seems to be just alarmist for no reason.
24. Honestly...
Mattyboy ,   Jerusalem   (05.04.12)
Israel... Israel... If Google offends you by being open and honest... Just I know God will offend you big time... He is watching you right now and listening to everything you say... Your religion may be vain and has blinded you, even to the point where you can't even see the Lords angels around you... Follow your fascist religion... It's only vain. I could reveal knowledge to save a lot of Israelis very soon... But I would rather let them follow the fascist ways... And eat the fruit there of... Thank you Lord for revealing what is set to happen... Israel has been very bad recently... Did God flood Israel too in the days of Noah? Well judgement begins with Israel first... Do these Holy scriptures sound anti-semitic...? God has no respect for humans. Jew or non Jew... Why? The flesh cannot be justified before God... ALL have fallen short of glory... Your religion is in vain. But please continue... I need a laugh in THAT day...
25. #23 WELL SAID MIKE ,NO BIG DEAL
DA URBAN POET ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (05.04.12)
A fuss over nothing ,so effin what if folk can watch street view ? espionage existed for thousands of years before Google and besides ,THERE AINT NOTHING TO SEE.
26. #24 YOU NEED HELP AND SOON
SICKMUND FREUD ,   SAFED LOONY-BIN   (05.04.12)
Mattyboy ,I suggest you seek psychiatric help or simply get out of the house and get a life. Your rants are intelligible and the work of a perverse mind.
27. #24 YOU HAVE JERUSALEM
SICKMUND FREUD ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (05.04.12)
You are suffering from " Jerusalem Syndrome " and I wish you a speedy recovery.
28. Is #24 really crazy, or just devout?
Robert Van den Broec ,   Kouchibouguac, CA   (05.04.12)
Sickmund, Mattyboy is an American Evangical Christian, a so called friend of Israel. They fill the ranks of AIPAC. Mattyboy thinks that many Jews will be converting to Christianity, very soon. The evangelicals see the "final battle" quickly approaching. Must be BIBI's rants on war with Iran. The Evangelicals in the US are all stirred up and want WAR. With friends like these, who needs enemies?
29. There is nothing worse than ignorance in action !
Gabe ,   Canada   (05.04.12)
30. Well, well, well ,...
split ,   US   (05.04.12)
Secret base in Tel Aviv - That makes the city a ligit target for Palestinian flying gutters known as "missiles" in hasbara book ,...
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