Tag Archives: spy

A Palestinian airline bomber is released from US jail but Jonathan Pollard remains incarcerated

Posted on 19 March 2013 by

Ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel tomorrow, Israel is awash with petitions, posters and protests asking for the release of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Even such diverse personalities as former Israeli captive Gilad Shalit and top model … Continue reading →

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Australia and Israel trade counter-accusations about “Prisoner X”

Posted on 19 February 2013 by

Yesterday it was reported that Canberra was seeking answers from Israel over the “Prisoner X” affair – the secret arrest and apparent suicide of Ben Zygier in an Israeli jail 2 years ago. Australia has asked Israel to explain the … Continue reading →

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The strange case of “Prisoner X”

Posted on 14 February 2013 by

Israel woke up today to a story seemingly out of 1001 Arabian Nights. Even by the lunatic standards of Middle Eastern conspiracy theories this story ranks way above anything any of us could have imagined. And yet almost nothing definite … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Pollard spied on Arabs and Soviets, not on the US

Posted on 16 December 2012 by

Contrary to all the reports and rumours over the decades, it now appears that Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli spy imprisoned in America for life, never spied on American activities at all  and was never asked to by Israel.  Rather, he … Continue reading →

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Zionist Rock of Doom

Posted on 24 September 2012 by

Another mysterious story about the long arm of Israeli Zionist spy agencies emerges from Iran, via the not always reliable Sunday Times. The story is behind a paywall so I’ll quote from Ynet instead (h/t Honest Reporting). Iranian troops uncovered … Continue reading →

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FBI wiretapped Israeli embassy – but Israel is an ungrateful ally

Posted on 6 September 2011 by

These two contradictory headlines both appeared in this morning’s papers and managed to raise my blood pressure in an unhealthy way. The spying scandal is extremely offensive on a number of levels: firstly, that the US would spy on an … Continue reading →

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