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109-632: Canary Mission is a doxing website established in 2014 that publishes the personal information of students, professors, and organizations that it considers to be anti-Israel or antisemitic , focusing primarily on people at North American universities. Canary Mission listings have been used by Israeli intelligence organizations such as the Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Shin Bet to interrogate and deny entry to American citizens, and by potential employers. Individuals listed by Canary Mission have said it

218-810: A blacklist . It also includes a handful of profiles for prominent white supremacists , as well as antisemites , and as a result the website has been criticized by activists for grouping them with these people. Canary Mission hosts some apology essays written by people whose profiles were listed on the site; in return, their profiles are removed from the website's list. In December 2017, Canary Mission reported on what it alleged were antisemitic tweets posted by students associated with Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) at McMaster University . The tweets were written between 2011 and 2017, and contained support for Adolf Hitler as well as calls for death of Israel and Zionists . SPHR in response said it "condemns all forms of anti-Semitism within our organization", and that

327-636: A 2017 tweet by a pro-Palestinian activist that "modified Adele's lyrics to say 'Set Fire to the Jews ' ". According to Twitter, they made an error in blocking Canary. In October 2019, Ray Hanania argued that Canary Mission was silencing legitimate criticism of Israel . He added: Imagine the outrage that would be expressed if there was a website that maintained a public list of Jews, publishing their photos and personal information simply because they were active supporters of Israel. Well, you would have to imagine it because it doesn't exist. But you don't have to imagine

436-420: A conversation to further assess the person's intent. Plainclothes armed personnel patrol the area outside the building, and hidden surveillance cameras operate at all times. Inside the building, both uniformed and plainclothes security officers are on constant patrol. Departing passengers are personally questioned by security agents even before arriving at the check-in desk. This interview can last as little as

545-416: A dossier of personal information on someone". Essentially, doxing is revealing and publicizing the records of an individual, which were previously private or difficult to obtain. The term dox derives from the slang "dropping dox", which, according to Wired contributor Mat Honan, was "an old-school revenge tactic that emerged from hacker culture in 1990s". Hackers operating outside the law in that era used

654-506: A doxing incident). This particular clause enforces harsher maximum sentences than a "traditional" defamation statute existing in the Korean criminal code. It was originally enacted partially in response to the rise in celebrity suicides due to cyberbullying. The Spanish Criminal Code regulates penalties for the discovery and revelation of secrets in articles 197 to 201. It establishes, in its article 197 § 1, that "whoever, in order to discover

763-515: A group of twenty Puerto Rican tourists who had just arrived in Israel. The only terrorist who survived was Kozo Okamoto , who received a life sentence but was released in 1985 as part of a prisoner exchange with the PFLP-GC . More buildings and runways were added over the years, but with the onset of mass immigration from Ethiopia and the former Soviet Union in the 1980s and 90s, as well as

872-538: A hall equipped for press conferences, a deluxe lounge, special meeting rooms equipped with state-of-the-art business facilities and a designated lounge for flight crews who spend time at the airport between flights. It was announced in January 2008, however, that the IAA planned to construct a new 1,000-square-metre (11,000 sq ft) VIP terminal next to Terminal 3. Terminal 1 was closed in 2003 and reopened in 2007 as

981-445: A large, currently-unused tract of land in the northern part of the airport's property (north of runway 08/26) where additional aircraft maintenance facilities would also be built. In the meantime, to ease immediate overcrowding problems at Terminal 3's landside terminal, in the spring of 2018 a temporary large, air-conditioned tent was erected adjacent to Terminal 3 housing 25 check-in counters and security screening facilities. This tent

1090-641: A law that makes doxing punishable by jail time, has received bipartisan support, and support from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese . From March 1, 2020, the People's Republic of China's "Regulations on the Ecological Governance of Online Information Content" has been implemented, clarifying that users and producers of online information content services and platforms must not engage in online violence, doxing, deep forgery, data fraud, account manipulation and other illegal activities. As of 2021, it

1199-436: A long-term expansion plan for Ben Gurion Airport estimated to cost approximately NIS 9 billion. Plans include further expansion of Terminal 1, a new dedicated domestic flights terminal, a major expansion of Terminal 3's landside terminal which would add approximately 90 additional check-in counters, construction of Concourse A, and additional aircraft parking spaces and ramps. In addition, air cargo facilities would be relocated to

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1308-417: A means of alleviating some of Ben Gurion's safety and capacity concerns. These plans were approved in 1997 and construction began in 2010. The extension of runway 03/21 allows the airport to operate in an "open V" configuration, allowing for simultaneous landings and take offs on runways 08/26 and 03/21 and thus more than double the number of aircraft movements which can be handled at peak times, while increasing

1417-438: A new ILS serving the runway was activated. The main runway was closed from 2011 until early 2014 in order to accommodate the extension of runway 03/21 and other construction activity in the vicinity of the runway. When it was originally built, the short runway (direction 03/21 ) was 1,780 m (5,840 ft) long, making it too short to accommodate most mainline passenger jets. At the time it mainly served cargo aircraft of

1526-500: A new law against doxing was proposed by then Minister of Justice and Security Ferdinand Grapperhaus . The law states it is a felony to share personal data with the intent of intimidation, harassment or work-hindering and carries a maximum penalty of a two-years prison sentence or a fine of €25,750 (US$ 28,204). The penalty shall be increased by a third when targeted at certain public figures. The proposed law passed both houses of parliament and went into effect on 1 January 2024. Under

1635-521: A person". But in many instances of doxing, a doxer may never convey an explicit threat to kidnap or injure, but the victim could still have good reason to be terrified. And the Interstate Stalking Statute "is rarely enforced and it serves only as a hollow protection from online harassment". According to at least one estimate, over three million people are stalked over the internet each year, yet only about three are charged under

1744-444: A post office, was planned to be a draw for non-flyers too. On the same level as the mall, passengers enter passport control and the security check. Planes taking off and landing can be viewed from a distinctive tilted glass wall. The arrivals hall is located on the ground floor where there are also 20 additional check-in counters (serving Star Alliance airlines). Car rental counters are located in an intermediate level situated between

1853-401: A preliminary security checkpoint before entering the airport compound. Armed guards spot-check the vehicles by looking into cars, taxis and boarding buses, exchanging a few words with the driver and passengers. Armed security personnel stationed at the terminal entrances keep a close watch on those who enter the buildings. If someone arouses their suspicion or looks nervous, they may strike up

1962-521: A route over the Arctic Ocean . The flight was projected to last 17 hours and 40 minutes. Ramon Airport , an international airport near the southern Israeli city of Eilat , serves as a diversion airport for Ben Gurion Airport. Prior to the opening of Terminal 3, Terminal 1 was the main terminal building at Ben Gurion Airport. At that time, the departures check-in area was located on the ground floor. From there, passengers proceeded upstairs to

2071-719: A surge in doxing activities in the United States. Right wing advocacy group Accuracy in Media sent doxing trucks to Yale University and Columbia University , displaying the names and faces of students deemed anti-Israel under a banner labeling them "leading antisemites" on campus. Similarly, Canary Mission published the identities and images of Harvard University students involved in the circulation of an open letter, published on October 7th, that held "the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence". Doxware

2180-581: A terminal for passengers arriving from Asia during the SARS epidemic. Another use for the terminal was for the memorial ceremonies upon the arrival of the casket of Col. Ilan Ramon after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in February 2003 and the arrival of Elhanan Tannenbaum and the caskets of three Israeli soldiers from Lebanon in January 2004. In December 2017, the IAA announced

2289-423: A total of 40 gates divided among four concourses (B, C, D, and E), each with 8 jet bridge -equipped gates (numbered 2 through 9), as well as two stand gates (bus bays 1 and 1A) from which passengers are ferried to aircraft. Two gates in concourse E utilize dual jet bridges for more efficient processing of very large widebody aircraft. Concourses B, C, and D were opened when terminal 3 opened in 2004, while concourse E

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2398-555: A website called Against Canary Mission, and say they intend to host profiles of people targeted by Canary Mission in order to portray their activism in a positive light. Some pro-Israel organizations have also criticized Canary Mission for its aggressive tactics. Some Jewish and pro-Israeli students have said that pro-Palestinian students and faculty have suspected them of colluding with Canary Mission, blaming them even when they were not involved with Canary. In February 2018, Twitter briefly suspended Canary Mission's account, for exposing

2507-717: A website that shows the photos and personal information of Arab Americans who support Palestinian rights and is filled with vicious accusations of them being "anti-Semitic" and even "anti-American." Canary Mission has been criticized for targeting Jewish organizations critical of Zionism, such as Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), IfNotNow , and Mondoweiss . The site profiles Jewish students affiliated with such organizations; listing JVP as having promoted BDS. Canary has justified such profiling by stating JVP "dismisses and enables anti-Semitism." JVP has responded by condemning Canary Mission as " anti-Muslim " and racist. Doxing The aggregation and provision of previously published material

2616-421: A year. Although Terminal 1 was closed between 2003 and 2007, the building served as a venue for various events and large-scale exhibitions including the " Bezalel Academy of Arts Centennial Exhibition" which was held there in 2006. The renovations for the terminal were designed by Yosef Assa with three individual atmospheric themes. Firstly, the public halls have a Land-of-Israel character with walls painted in

2725-765: Is a blacklist designed to intimidate students, faculty members, and community activists engaged in Palestine solidarity work. Some pro-Israel activists consider the site's tactics to be overly aggressive, while others applaud its efforts against pro-Palestinian activists. The operators of the website have maintained their anonymity, justifying their secrecy by saying that "many of our detractors just want to know who we are so they can physically harm us." Canary Mission has received criticism for regularly profiling Jewish supporters of Palestinian causes such as Jewish Voice for Peace . According to its website, Canary Mission "documents individuals and organizations that promote hatred of

2834-419: Is a cryptovirology attack invented by Adam Young and further developed with Moti Yung that carries out doxing extortion via malware . It was first presented at West Point in 2003. The attack is rooted in game theory and was originally dubbed "non-zero-sum games and survivable malware". The attack is summarized in the book Malicious Cryptography as follows: The attack differs from the extortion attack in

2943-513: Is a criminal offense in Hong Kong to dox, where doxing is defined as releasing private or non-public information on a person for the purposes of "threatening, intimidation, harassment or to cause psychological harm". Persons convicted under this statute are liable to imprisonment for up to 5 years, and a fine of HK$ 1,000,000 (US$ 128,324.40). In 2021, due to increasing doxing incidents targeting Dutch activists, politicians, journalists and others,

3052-419: Is equipped with an ILS and mostly handles landings from north to south. The longest runway at the airfield, 4,062 m (13,327 ft), and the main take off runway from east to west (direction 08/26 ), is referred to as "the quiet runway" since jets taking off in this direction produce less noise pollution for surrounding residents. A 24 million NIS renovation project completed in February 2006 reinforced

3161-522: Is followed by a taxiway . Most landings take place on this runway from West to East, approaching from the Mediterranean Sea over southern Tel Aviv. During inclement weather, it may also be used for takeoffs (Direction 12). A 17 million NIS renovation project was completed in November 2007 which reinforced the runway and made it suitable for future wide-body aircraft . In September 2008,

3270-417: Is generally legal, though it may be subject to laws concerning stalking and intimidation . Doxing may be carried out for reasons such as online shaming , extortion , and vigilante aid to law enforcement. It also may be associated with hacktivism . " Doxing " is a neologism . It originates from a spelling alteration of the abbreviation "docs", for "documents", and refers to "compiling and releasing

3379-486: Is one of the few countries with a criminal statute that specifically addresses doxing. Article 49 of "Act on promotion of information and communications network utilization, and information protection" prohibits unlawful collection and dissemination of private information such as full name, birth date, address, likeliness, and any other information that is deemed sufficient to identify specific person(s) when viewed in summation, regardless of intent. In practice, however, due to

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3488-624: Is therefore a standard tactic of online harassment and has been used by people associated with the Gamergate and vaccine controversies . There are different motivations for doxing. They include doing it to reveal harmful behavior and hold the offender accountable. Others use it to embarrass, scare, threaten, or punish someone. It's also often used for cyberstalking , which could result in making someone fear for their safety. Researchers have pointed out that some instances of doxing can be justified, such as when it reveals harmful behavior, but only if

3597-539: The 2014 conflict with Gaza , several airlines banned their flights to the airport for a couple of days. In October 2023, with the outbreak of the Israel–Hamas war , the number of airlines that flew into the airport dropped to just 7. By February 2024, only 45 airlines flew into the airport. The furthest nonstop flight to have departed the airport was a private Airbus A340-500 owned by billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson who flew on 2 January 2017 to Honolulu on

3706-674: The Electronic Frontier Foundation , advised people to "Google yourself, lock yourself down, make it harder to access information about you." In 2024, the Australian government announced they would introduce new legislation to criminalise doxing due to an incident in which the personal details of over 600 people from a WhatsApp group of Jewish Australians was leaked. Some of the people whose details were leaked received threats to harm their reputation as well as death threats. The proposed legislation, which includes

3815-490: The Hebrew -language acronym Natbag ( נתב״ג ‎ ), is the main international airport of Israel . Situated on outskirts north of the city of Lod and directly south of the city of Or Yehuda , it is the busiest airport in the country. It is located 45 kilometres (28 mi) to the northwest of Jerusalem and 20 kilometres (12 mi) to the southeast of Tel Aviv . It was known as Lod Airport until 1973, when it

3924-640: The Israel Airports Authority . The head offices of the Civil Aviation Authority and Challenge Airlines IL are located in the Airport City office park nearby the airport. Israel Aerospace Industries maintains its head office on airport grounds as well as extensive aviation construction and repair facilities. The closest runway to terminals 1 and 3 is 12/30 , 3,112 m (10,210 ft) in length, and

4033-539: The Israeli Air Force and as a taxiway for runway 26. However, by late 2011, the runway was closed and most of the activity in the military apron to the east of the runway was permanently relocated to the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel. In late May 2014 the runway was reopened after having been rebuilt and lengthened to 2,772 m (9,094 ft), allowing it to handle most types of aircraft. It

4142-468: The Middle East due to its passenger experience and its high level of security; while it has been the target of several terrorist attacks, no attempt to hijack a plane departing from Ben Gurion Airport has ever succeeded. The airport is of great importance to Israel as it is one of the few convenient entry points into the country for most travellers. As it was Israel's only international airport, it

4251-561: The Sde Dov airfield (SDV) on the city's northern coast. By the mid-1960s, 14 international airlines were landing at the airport. The airport's name was changed from Lod to Ben Gurion International Airport in 1973 to honour Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion , who died that year. While Ben Gurion Airport has been a target of Palestinian attacks, the adoption of strict security precautions has ensured that no aircraft departing from Ben Gurion airport has ever been hijacked . On

4360-628: The Stamp Act 1765 in the Thirteen Colonies , radical groups such as the Sons of Liberty harassed tax collectors and those who did not comply with boycotts on British goods by publishing their names in pamphlets and newspaper articles. Outside of hacker communities, the first prominent examples of doxing took place on internet discussion forums on Usenet in the late 1990s, including users circulating lists of suspected neo-Nazis . Also in

4469-473: The Article 137 "Invasion of Personal Privacy" public sharing of personal information, using mass media, Internet, even public events, is considered a crime and shall be punishable by a fine of up to eighteen months in wage, or by compulsory labor for a term of up to three hundred sixty hours, or by corrective labor for a term of up to one year, or by forced labor for a term of up to two years. with deprivation of

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4578-677: The German threat in the Middle East subsided, Aviron Aviation Company initiated service four times a week between Lydda and Haifa. The first civilian transatlantic route, New York City to Lydda Airport, was inaugurated by TWA in 1946. The British gave up the airport at the end of April 1948. Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces captured the airport on 10 July 1948, in Operation Danny , transferring control to

4687-633: The Interstate Stalking Statute. Accordingly, "[t]his lack of federal enforcement means that the States must step in if doxing is to be reduced." In late 2023 and early 2024, during a rash of swatting of American politicians , it became widely used as a way of encouraging attacks, as the United States possesses weak laws surrounding data privacy , with its citizens' personal information often easily accessible online due to various data brokers . Ben Gurion Airport Ben Gurion International Airport ( IATA : TLV , ICAO : LLBG ), commonly known by

4796-584: The Terminal 3 project was known, was scheduled for completion prior to 2000 in order to handle a massive influx of pilgrims expected for the Millennium celebrations . This deadline was not met due to higher than anticipated costs and a series of work stoppages in the wake of the bankruptcy of the main Turkish contractor. The project eventually cost an estimated one billion US dollars. Due to the proximity of

4905-515: The US, Israel and Jews on North American college campuses". The profiles on the website are constructed using publicly visible information pulled from social media sites. The profiles are often quite detailed and have included personal information, such as child photos of individuals. The website has thousands of profiles of students and professors who its editors believe have engaged in pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel activism, and it has been described as

5014-541: The United States embassy to Jerusalem . According to Israeli attorney Emily Schaeffer Omer-Man, Canary Mission's information is "often neither reliable, nor complete, nor up to date". She said that the site should not be used by Israeli border officials as it does not meet the reliability standards mandated by Israeli law. Pro-Palestinian sources have denounced Canary Mission's activities as an attempt to silence critics of Israel on American college campuses through intimidation. In response, pro-Palestinian activists have started

5123-541: The United States, reported that Adam Milstein was a major source of funding for Canary Mission. In a statement to JTA , a spokesperson for Milstein denied that he funded Canary Mission. The filmmaker Rebecca Pierce described Canary Mission as using " 'McCarthyist tactics' and employing 'open racism ' ". Writers for Le Monde Diplomatique and Jewish academics have compared Canary Mission's practice of extorting apologies from targeted individuals in exchange for amnesty to that of authoritarian regimes and McCarthyism in

5232-596: The United States, there are few legal remedies for the victims of doxing. Two federal laws exist that could potentially address the problem of doxing: the Interstate Communications Statute and the Interstate Stalking Statute. However, as one scholar has argued, "[t]hese statutes ... are woefully inadequate to prevent doxing because their terms are underinclusive and they are rarely enforced". The Interstate Communications Statute, for example, "only criminalizes explicit threats to kidnap or injure

5341-410: The United States. The Forward reported that while some of the profiles include content that is "genuinely troubling", such as antisemitic social media posts, other accusations made by the website are misleading. One such profile accused a student of "demonizing Israel" because the student had made an announcement at a Hillel International –sponsored dinner critical of Donald Trump 's decision to move

5450-596: The act of doxing also aligns with the public. Parallel to the rise of doxing has been the evolution of cybersecurity , internet privacy , the Online Privacy Alliance , and companies that provide anti-doxing services. Most recently, high-profile groups like the University of California Berkeley have made online guidance for protecting its community members from doxing. Wired published an article on dealing with doxing, in which Eva Galperin , from

5559-464: The address with letters, or through “ swatting ”—the intentional dispatching of armed police teams ( S.W.A.T. ) to a person's address via falsely reported tips or through fake emergency services phone calls. The act of reporting a false tip to police—and the subsequent summoning of an emergency response team (ERT)—is an illegal, punishable offense in most jurisdictions, due to ERTs being compromised and potentially unavailable for real emergencies. It is, at

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5668-410: The aircraft. The walk is assisted by escalators and moving walkways . The upper level departures hall, with an area of over 10,000 m (110,000 sq ft), is equipped with 110 check-in counters and as well as flight information display systems . A small shopping mall, known as Buy & Bye, is open to both travellers and the general public. The mall, which includes shops, restaurants and

5777-542: The airport to the country's largest population centres and the problem of noise pollution , another international airport is being considered to be built elsewhere in the country, such as the new Ilan and Assaf Ramon Airport in Southern Israel. The overall layout of Terminal 3 is similar to that of airports in Europe and North America, with multiple levels and considerable distances to walk after disembarking from

5886-407: The airport's premises were built and removed. The main runway (12/30) is the oldest surviving runway in the airport, with the quiet (08/26) and short (03/21) runways having been built in the late 1960s and 1970s. Since very little commercial traffic could operate on the short runway, for approximately forty years, the airport mostly relied on runways 12/30 and 08/26. This presented a problem, however:

5995-430: The ambiguous nature of "unlawful collection" of private information in the statute, legal actions are often based upon article 44 from the same act, which prohibits insulting an individual with derogatory or profane language, and defamation of an individual through the dissemination of either misinformation or privileged factual information that may potentially damage an individual's reputation or honor (which often occurs in

6104-634: The blog accused the Times of threatening his safety and claimed that he started a "major scandal" that resulted in the Times losing hundreds or thousands of subscriptions. In 2022, BuzzFeed News reporter Katie Notopoulos used public business records to identify the previously pseudonymous founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club . Greg Solano, one of the founders of the club, claimed that he "got doxxed against [his] will". In April 2022, The Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz revealed

6213-487: The breach of an opponent's anonymity as a means to expose them to harassment or legal repercussions. Consequently, doxing often carries a negative connotation because it can be a means of revenge via the violation of privacy . The practice of publishing personal information about individuals as a form of vigilantism predates the Internet, via physical media such as newspapers and pamphlets. For example, in response to

6322-419: The colors of Israel's Judean , Jerusalem and Galilee mountains. The departure hall is given an atmosphere of vacation and leisure, whilst the arrivals hall is given a more urban theme as passengers return to the city. In February 2006, the Israel Airports Authority announced plans to invest 4.3 million NIS in a new VIP wing for private jet passengers and crews, as well as others interested in avoiding

6431-407: The departing and arriving passenger halls. Terminal 3 has two synagogues . After the main security check, passengers wait for their flights in the star-shaped duty-free rotunda. A variety of cafes, restaurants and duty-free shops are located there, open 24 hours a day, as well as a synagogue, banking facilities, a transit hall for connecting passengers and a desk for VAT refunds. Terminal 3 has

6540-513: The departures concourse of Terminal 3 from which they boarded their flights. All incoming flights for airlines operating out of Terminal 1 were handled in Terminal 3. However, beginning on 19 June 2017 and following several months of renovations, Terminal 1 passengers began being bussed directly to their flights from Terminal 1, although incoming passengers continue to be handled in Terminal 3. The renovations to Terminal 1's boarding area included adding duty-free shops, restaurants and cafes. The terminal

6649-471: The distance vehicles must travel to access the airport's main terminal from the direction of Tel Aviv and other points north and west of the airport. The Airport City development, a large office park, is located east of the main airport property. It is at the junction of the Jerusalem and Tel Aviv metropolitan areas. The head office of El Al is located at Ben Gurion Airport, as is the head office of

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6758-833: The domestic terminal following extensive renovations, and in July 2008, to cater for summer charter and low-cost flights. It remained open for these charter and low-cost flights for the 2008 summer season then temporarily closed in October 2008, when it underwent further renovation and reopened again in the summer of 2009, when it was expected to reach a three-month capacity of 600,000 passengers on international flights. As of 2010, several low-cost carriers ' international flights were operating out of Terminal 1 year-round including Vueling flights to Barcelona and easyJet flights to London (Luton), Manchester , Geneva , and Basel . In 2015, due to increased demand and following another expansion of

6867-467: The existing runways and terminals also significantly reduced taxi times at the airport. Due to the threat of missiles, the runway directions are restricted to avoid flying over the war zone in Gaza . 08/26 is restricted to departing flights, and 03/21 is restricted to arriving flights. Security at Ben Gurion International Airport operates on several levels. All cars, taxis, buses and trucks go through

6976-460: The exposure of the victim's private information to third parties through digital technologies as a form of humiliation, shaming or harm frequently practiced by abusers, that may include the disclosure of intimate images and impersonation of the victim . Victims may also be shown their details as proof that they have been doxed as a form of intimidation. The perpetrator may use this fear to gain power over victims in order to extort or coerce. Doxing

7085-409: The fact that these two runways intersect near their western end creates a crisscross pattern between aircraft landing and taking off. This pattern reduces the number of aircraft which can arrive to and depart from the airport and has detrimental safety implications as well. With passenger traffic projected to increase, plans were drawn in the 1980s and 90s for the extension of runways 03/21 and 08/26 as

7194-417: The following way. In the extortion attack, the victim is denied access to its own valuable information and has to pay to get it back, where in the attack that is presented here the victim retains access to the information but its disclosure is at the discretion of the computer virus. Doxware is the converse of ransomware . In a ransomware attack (originally called cryptoviral extortion), the malware encrypts

7303-438: The global increase of international business travel, the existing facilities became painfully inadequate, prompting the design of a new state-of-the-art terminal that could also accommodate the expected tourism influx for the 2000 millennium celebrations. The decision to go ahead with the project was reached in January 1994, but the new terminal, known as Terminal 3, only opened its doors a decade later, on 2 November 2004. During

7412-489: The hotel was published by the IAA in late 2017. When the terminal was built, it was said to have a capacity for up to 12 million passengers a year. In 2023, 25 million passengers are expected to pass through Ben Gurion Airport. Terminal 2 was inaugurated in 1969 when Arkia resumed operations at the airport after the Six-Day War . Terminal 2 served domestic flights until 20 February 2007 when these services moved into

7521-575: The identity of the person behind the Twitter account Libs of TikTok as Chaya Raichik, who works in real estate . This resulted in Raichik and right-wingers accusing Lorenz of doxing. Pro-Israel NGOs including the Israel on Campus Coalition and Canary Mission have been accused of doxing Palestinian activists by releasing public dossiers through flyers and their websites. The Israel-Hamas war saw

7630-547: The identity of the pseudonymous Italian novelist Elena Ferrante , the journalist was accused of gendered harassment and Vox referred to the search as "the doxxing of Elena Ferrante." In 2020, when The New York Times indicated that it was planning on publishing the real name of the California psychiatrist running the Slate Star Codex blog, fans of the blog accused the Times of doxing. The person behind

7739-511: The information public. A hacker may look for this information to extort or coerce a known or unknown target. A hacker may also harvest a victim's information to break into their Internet accounts or take over their social media accounts. Doxing has also occurred in dating apps . In a survey conducted in 2021, 16% of respondents reported suffering doxing because of them. In a 2018 qualitative study about intimate partner violence , 28 out of 89 participants (both professionals and survivors) reported

7848-473: The late 1990s, a website called the Nuremberg Files launched, featuring the home addresses of abortion providers and language that implied website visitors should stalk and kill the people listed. In 2012, when then- Gawker reporter Adrian Chen revealed the identity of Reddit troll Violentacrez as Michael Brutsch, Reddit users accused Chen of doxing Brutsch and declared "war" on Gawker . In

7957-411: The main departures hall, which contained passport control , duty-free shops , VIP lounges , one synagogue and boarding gates. At the gates, travelers would be required to descend a flight of stairs to return to the ground floor where waiting shuttle buses transported them to airplanes on the tarmac . The arrivals hall with passport control, luggage carousels, duty-free pick-up and customs was located at

8066-583: The main terminal. VIP ground services already exist, but a substantial increase in users has justified expanding the facilities, which will also boost airport revenues. The IAA released figures showing significant growth in private jet flights (4,059, a 36.5% increase from 2004) as well as private jet users (14,613, a 46.2% increase from 2004). The new VIP wing, operated by an outside licensee, will be located in an upgraded and expanded section of Terminal 1. All flight procedures (security check, passport control and customs ) will be handled here. This wing will include

8175-548: The mid-2010s, the events of the Gamergate harassment campaign brought the term into wider public use. Participants in Gamergate became known for releasing sensitive information about their targets to the public, sometimes with the intent of causing the targets in question physical harm. Caroline Sinders, a research fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology , said that "Gamergate, for a lot of people, for mainstream culture,

8284-576: The newly declared State of Israel . In 1948 the Israelis changed the official name of the airport from Lydda to Lod (the nearby town's name in Hebrew), the airport's name becoming Lod Airport . Flights resumed on 24 November 1948. That year, 40,000 passengers passed through the terminal. By 1952, the number had risen to 100,000 a month. Within a decade, air traffic increased to the point where local flights had to be redirected to Tel Aviv's other airport,

8393-495: The one obtained with their consent in a home or in any other place out of sight of third parties, when the disclosure seriously undermines the personal privacy of that person", without the authorization of the affected person, is also punished per article 197 § 7 to three months to a year in prison and fines of six to twelve months. The offense is particularly severe if the victim is linked to the offender by marriage or an "analogous affective relationship" , underage, or disabled. In

8502-757: The organization via debit or credit card, there is no public record of Canary Mission's sponsors or donors. Multiple pro-Israel organizations have denied having any affiliation with Canary Mission. According to Edwin Black , extreme antisemitic comments as well as outright threats of violence have been directed towards Canary Mission. Following the threats, Canary Mission became even more cautious and avoided disclosing its physical location or identity. According to Canary Mission's blog, "many of our detractors just want to know who we are so they can physically harm us", which, according to Black, has caused Canary Mission to restrict its communications with journalists. Black, who says he

8611-506: The other hand, airliners hijacked from other countries have landed at Ben Gurion, contributing to two major incidents in the airport's history. In the first incident, on 8 May 1972, four Palestinian Black September terrorists hijacked a Sabena flight en route from Vienna and forced it to land at Ben Gurion airport. Sayeret Matkal commandos, including Benjamin Netanyahu , led by Ehud Barak (both future Israeli Prime Ministers) stormed

8720-581: The overall level of air safety in and around the airport. Construction took four years and cost 1 billion NIS (financed from the Israeli Airports Authority budget) and was completed 29 May 2014. It included paving 22 kilometres (14 mi) of runways and taxiways, using more than 1.5 million tons of asphalt, laying one million meters of runway lighting cables, 50,000 metres (160,000 ft) of high-voltage power lines and 10,000 light fixtures. The construction of several new taxiways between

8829-517: The person responsible of the respective files, media, records or archives or through unauthorized use of personal data, if revealing of the ideology, religion, beliefs, health, racial origin or sexual life of the victim, if the victim is underage or disabled , and if it is made for economic profit . As established by the Criminal Code's reform in 2015, to "disseminate, disclose or transfer to third parties images or audiovisual recordings of

8938-585: The plane, killing two of the hijackers and capturing the other two. One passenger was killed. Later that month, on 30 May 1972, in an attack known as the Lod Airport massacre , 24 people were killed and 80 injured when three members of the Japanese Red Army sprayed machine gun fire into the passenger arrival area. The victims included Aharon Katzir , a prominent protein biophysicist and brother of Israel's 4th president. Those injured included

9047-468: The referenced comments were "intolerable in every sense". The university actively reviewed the "disturbing social media post", but did not publish the results of its review since "it is not our practice to provide details of any actions taken or sanctions applied with regard to individual students". In April 2018, during a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign at George Washington University , flyers with Canary Mission's logo were posted around

9156-467: The refurbished Terminal 1. Due to increased traffic in the late 1990s and over-capacity reached at Terminal 1, an international section was added until Terminal 3 was opened. After the transfer of domestic services to Terminal 1, Terminal 2 was demolished in order to make room for additional air freight handling areas. This terminal, built in 1999, was meant to handle the crowds expected in 2000, but never officially opened. To date, it has only been used as

9265-424: The right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years or without it, or arrest for a term of up to four months, or imprisonment for a term of up to two years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years. Copying the information and obtaining it illegally are separate offences as well. South Korea

9374-596: The route. Misr Airwork, which had suspended flights upon the British declaration of war, resumed the weekly Cairo—Lydda—Nicosia service in May 1940. In 1943, the airport was renamed " RAF Station Lydda " and continued to serve as a major airfield for military air transport and aircraft ferry operations between military bases in Europe , Africa , the Middle East (mainly Iraq and Persia ) and South/ Southeast Asia . In 1944, as

9483-408: The runway and made it suitable for wide-body aircraft such as Airbus A380 . The original layout of the airfield as designed by the British in the 1930s included four intersecting 800 m runways suitable for the piston engined aircraft of the day. However, none of this original layout is visible nowadays since as usage increased and aircraft types and needs changed over the years various runways on

9592-613: The same penalty punishes those who "seize, use or modify, to the detriment of a third party, reserved personal or family data of another that is registered in computer, electronic or telematic files or media, or in any other type of file or public or private record". Those who "disseminate, disclose or transfer" the aforementioned data to third parties face a penalty of two to five prison years (one to three years of prison and fines of twelve to twenty-four months, if not directly involved in their discovery but "with knowledge of its illicit origin"). These offenses are particularly severe if made by

9701-457: The secrets or violate the privacy of another, without their consent, seizes their papers, letters, e-mail messages or any other documents or personal effects, intercepts their telecommunications or uses technical devices for listening, transmission, recording or reproduction of sound or image, or any other communication signal, shall be punished with prison sentences of one to four years and a fine of twelve to twenty-four months". Per article 197 § 2,

9810-528: The service to Lydda in 1937. Imperial Airways , too, used Lydda as a refueling stop en route to India. During World War II , Imperial Airways and later British Overseas Airways Corporation continued the service to Lydda until the fall of France in June 1940. When the Japanese military advanced into Burma and Malaya in February 1942, KLM curtailed its route to Batavia and made Lydda the eastern terminus of

9919-412: The social media posts by SJP members were "endorsements or promotion of terror as well as calls for intifada and violence against Jews". The FSU SJP chapter subsequently released a statement writing that they "entirely condemn and denounce the racist, anti-Black, and anti-Semitic statements made by some of the individuals who were previous students and members of our SJP chapter", and commenting that some of

10028-467: The social media posts were "legitimate criticisms of Israeli governmental policies and practices, even though they are presented as anti-Semitic." According to Canary Mission, FSU SJP's response did not condemn social media posts that "called for intifada and violence against Jews". The Israeli security services have reportedly used content from Canary Mission to screen profiled individuals at Ben Gurion Airport . They also have reportedly used claims made on

10137-590: The south end of the building. The apron buses transferred passengers and crews to and from the terminal to airplanes which were parked on the tarmac over 500 m (1,600 ft) away. After Terminal 3 opened, Terminal 1 was closed except for domestic flights to the airport in Eilat and government flights such as special immigrant flights from North America and Africa. Chartered flights organised by Nefesh B'Nefesh carrying immigrants from North America and England use this terminal for their landing ceremonies several times

10246-544: The terminal, the Israel Airports Authority made Terminal 1 available to all low-cost carriers under certain conditions. Flights operating out of Terminal 1 are charged lower airport fees than those operating out of Terminal 3. Until the summer of 2017 Terminal 1 was used for flight check-in, security screening and passport-control for international flights for passengers of certain low-cost airlines, but following passport control passengers were bussed to

10355-465: The top of Google search results for students and recent alumni who do not have a "very deep set of achievements". Canary Mission does not publish any information about who runs or funds the website. Although Canary Mission's website states that it is a nonprofit organization , no organization with the name Canary Mission is registered with the IRS . While Canary Mission's website provides a way to donate to

10464-535: The university denouncing a planned student senate vote. On the day of the vote, two adult men wearing canary costumes performed a dance in the lobby of the building where the vote was taking place. In September 2018, Canary Mission released a report on the vote, highlighting reputed antisemitic and anti-Israel tactics used to promote the vote. In May 2018, Canary Mission released a report on social media posts by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter members at Florida State University (FSU), saying that 36% of

10573-408: The very least, an infraction in most US states (for first-time offenders); if multiple attempts are made, the charge increases to a misdemeanor (especially when the intention is harassment-based). Further repercussions include fines ranging from as low as US$ 50 up to US$ 2,000, six months spent in county jail, or both the fine and imprisonment. A hacker may obtain an individual's dox without making

10682-415: The victim's data and demands payment to provide the needed decryption key. In the doxware cryptovirology attack, the attacker or malware steals the victim's data and threatens to publish it unless a fee is paid. Once people have been exposed through doxing, they may be targeted for harassment through methods such as actual harassment in person, fake signups for mail subscriptions, food deliveries, bombarding

10791-425: The website to justify decisions to deport people from Israel. Profiles hosted on Canary Mission may harm the employment opportunities of those listed, particularly students and untenured faculty, by making available their statements to potential employers in a readily available online profile. According to W. J. T. Mitchell , who has a Canary Mission profile, prospective employers see Canary Mission profiles appear at

10900-634: The website's operations were headed by Jonathan Bash through an Israeli charity named Megamot Shalom. Soon after the exposure, JCFSF announced that they would cease funding Canary Mission. The Forward also identified the Jewish Community Federation of Los Angeles (JCFLA) as a major donor to Megamot Shalom, having donated a sum of $ 250,000 in 2016–2017. Soon after, JCFLA also announced that they would suspend grants to Megamot Shalom. The Lobby – USA , an undercover investigation by Al Jazeera into Israel's covert influence campaign in

11009-487: Was able to verify Canary Mission's location and operations, says they are a group of students and ex-students working in a medium-sized office in an American city. In October 2018, The Forward and Haaretz reported that Canary Mission received funding from the Hellen Diller Family Foundation , a supporting foundation of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco (JCFSF), and that

11118-411: Was also equipped with advanced checked-baggage handling and screening systems, similar to those in Terminal 3. A free public shuttle from Terminal 3 and the railway station to and from Terminal 1 operates approximately every 15 to 30 minutes (depending on the time of day). Terminal 3, which opened on 28 October 2004, replaced Terminal 1 as the main international gateway to and from Israel. The building

11227-460: Was completed in 2018. Space exists for one additional concourse (A) at Terminal 3. Free wireless internet is provided throughout the terminal. The terminal has three business lounges—the exclusive El Al King David Lounge for frequent flyers and three Dan lounges for either privileged or paying flyers. In January 2007, the IAA announced plans for a 120-bed hotel to be located about 300 m (980 ft) west of Terminal 3. The tender for

11336-470: Was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). Moshe Safdie & Associates and TRA (now Black and Veatch ) designed a linking structure and the airside departure areas and gates. Ram Karmi and other Israeli architects were the local architects of record. The inaugural flight was an El Al flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Work on Natbag 2000 , as

11445-524: Was regarded as a single point of failure , which led to the opening of Ramon Airport in 2019. The airport began during the British Mandate for Palestine as an airstrip of two unpaved runways on the outskirts of the town of Lydda (now Lod ), near the Templer colony of Wilhelma . It was built in 1934, largely at the urging of Airwork Services . The first passenger service at the new airport

11554-407: Was renamed in honour of David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), the first prime minister of Israel. The airport serves as a hub for El Al , Israir Airlines , Arkia , and Sun d'Or , and is managed by the Israel Airports Authority . In 2023, Ben Gurion Airport handled 21.1 million passengers, making it one of the busiest airports in the Middle East . It is considered to be among the five best airports in

11663-528: Was the Misr Airwork route Cairo —Lydda— Nicosia , inaugurated on 3 August 1935. Subsequently, Misr flew via Lydda to Haifa and Baghdad . The first continental European airline with a regular service to Lydda was LOT Polish Airlines since 4 April 1937. By that time, Lydda Airport boasted four fully operational concrete runways. Holland's KLM , which had since 1933 stopped at Gaza en route to Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta , Indonesia), moved

11772-502: Was the introduction to what doxxing is". According to The Atlantic , from 2014 to 2020, "the doxxing conversation was dominated by debate around whether unmasking a pseudonymous person with a sizable following was an unnecessary and dangerous invasion of their privacy." In 2014, when Newsweek attempted to search for the pseudonymous developer of Bitcoin , the magazine was accused of doxing by cryptocurrency enthusiasts. In 2016, when an Italian journalist attempted to search for

11881-417: Was used for compulsory COVID-19 testing for all arriving passengers between 2020 and 2022. In August 2018, the IAA published a tender for the construction and operation of a new terminal, dedicated to handling private and executive aircraft traffic. In late 2021 construction began on a new interchange that will provide additional access to the airport from Highway 1. The new interchange significantly reduced

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