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| December 11, 2013
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Saudi Arabia Detains 3rd Israeli Bird as Possible Mossad Spy

Pelican with Israeli ID legtag captured was the 3rd reported incident to involve the incarceration of an Israeli spy-bird in the Gulf Kingdom.

By Staff

 

Farm workers in Saudi Arabia captured a large pelican with an Israeli plastic tag fitted to its leg, the third such incident in the Gulf Kingdom in three years.

3rd Bird Captured - Photo: Emirates24/7.com

3rd Bird Captured – Photo: Emirates24/7.com

The expatriate farmers were going to work at their farm in the northwestern town of Sakaka when they saw a flock of pelicans inside the farm.
Sabq newspaper quoted the farm owner Abdul Aziz Al Adheed as saying the birds flew away when his workers came close, except one. Continue Reading »

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| October 31, 2013
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Saudi Court Sentences Jordanian ‘spy’ for Israel

Jordanian citizen sentenced to 9 years in jail & 80 lashes by Riyadh court for communicating with Israeli PM & ‘Zionist’ intelligence officer.

By REUTERS
 

 

DUBAI – A Saudi court convicted a Jordanian citizen of spying for Israel and sentenced him to nine years in jail and 80 lashes, a pro-government Saudi newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Prisoners (Illistrative) - Photo: Tal Cohen

Prisoners (Illustrative) – Photo: Tal Cohen

The Arabic-language al-Riyadh newspaper did not identify the Jordanian but said the Riyadh criminal court found him guilty of “writing to the Israeli prime minister and communicating with a Zionist (Israeli) intelligence officer” by email and receiving a financial payment.

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| October 29, 2013
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Former Head of Mossad: Obama Also Spied on Israel

 

Danny Yatom, a former Israeli spy master says the United States has a very long history of listening in on their friends & enemies alike.

By Nina Giesecke

 

In the wake of the international scandal resulting from reports that America’s National Security Agency (NSA) tapped the phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the former chief of Israel’s Mossad revealed that Washington has been spying on the Jewish state, too.

Former Mossad Chief: Obama Also Spied on Israel!

Merkel was not the only leading international politician on whom the NSA was listening in, and “if the Americans think there would be a reason to spy on [Israel], they would do it,” said Danny Yatom. Continue Reading »

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| October 26, 2013
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US Tells Paris: Israel Behind Elysee Palace Hacking

Leaked document by Edward Snowden: France believed U.S. was behind a cyber attack on the Elysee Palace but White House pointed finger at Mossad.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

France believed the United States attempted to hack into its president’s communications network but the U.S. hinted that Israel was behind the attack, AFP reported on Friday, based on a leaked U.S. intelligence document.

Hackers (illustration) – AFP/File

According to the report, U.S. agents denied having anything to do with the May 2012 cyber attack on the Elysee Palace, the official residence of French presidents, and appeared to hint at the possible involvement of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency. Continue Reading »

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| October 21, 2013
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Jerusalem Arab Sentenced After Spying for Hezbollah

38 year-old Issam Hashem Mashahara of Jerusalem’s Jabel Mukabar neighborhood was found guilty of spying for Hezbollah & sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.

By Arutz Sheva

 

 

A 38 year-old Arab resident of Jerusalem’s Jabel Mukabar neighborhood has been sentenced to 42 months in jail for volunteering to spy for Hezbollah.

Illustration: Hezbollah flag – AFP photo

Issam Hashem Mashahara, who worked as a bus driver, reportedly traveled to the Lebanese capital Beirut of his own volition, and arranged to meet a group of Hezbollah operatives there.

Mashahara first made contact with the Iranian-backed terrorist group at a cemetery where many of its members are buried, by introducing himself to one of the guards. Continue Reading »

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| October 16, 2013
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Hezbollah Jails Israeli ‘spy eagle’ in Lebanon

The kestrel allegedly captured with ‘spy’ receiver implanted on its body & suspicious ring on its foot with incriminating markings from Tel Aviv University.

By YASSER OKBI, THE POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

 

An alleged avian Israeli agent has been captured in Lebanon, Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV station reported on Wednesday.

File:Common Kestrel 1.jpg

Common Kestrel – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

The eagle was captured by amateur hunters in the the town of Ashqout in the Keserwan district of the country, which is north east of Beirut.

The eagle was carrying an implanted receiver and a brass ring was found around its foot with markings in English that connected the suspect to Tel Aviv University, according to the report.

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| October 12, 2013
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Azerbaijan Court Sentenced Iranian Spy to 15 Years

The Baku Court in Azerbaijan sentences an Iranian spy to 15 years in jail for plotting a terror attack on the Israeli embassy in the country.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

A court in Azerbaijan on Friday sentenced an alleged Iranian spy to 15 years in jail for plotting an attack on the Israeli embassy in the country, AFP reports.

Iranian citizen Bahram Feyzi, who was arrested by Azerbaijani security forces in March, was sentenced by the Baku Court on Grave Crimes, court officials said.

According to court documents, Feyzi, who was also found guilty of espionage and drug possession, was accused of being an agent of the secret service of neighboring Iran. Continue Reading »

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| October 10, 2013
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After Surfing on Israeli Websites, Egyptian Accused of Spying

Owner of Internet cafe noticed an Egyptian lawyer surfing on Israeli websites, then reported him to security forces.

By Elad Benari

 

Israel and Egypt may have a peace treaty with one another, but studying Hebrew is apparently frowned upon in Egypt.

Illustrative – IsraelandStuff/PP

Egypt’s Al-Nahar TV aired a report last month about an Egyptian lawyer who was accused of spying for Israel because he was surfing on Israeli websites. The report was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

According to the report, the lawyer was sitting in an Internet cafe when the cafe owner began to suspect he was a spy after seeing that the lawyer had entered the website of the Israeli Mossad, and was talking on the phone in many languages – Italian, French, and Hebrew, among others. Continue Reading »

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| September 30, 2013
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Top Israeli official gave instruction to lift gag order on Iranian spy

 

The timing of news about the spy appears to coincide with Netanyahu’s trip to the US where he will attempt to combat Obama’s recent softening & the Western world’s stance on Iran.

By JTA

 

JERUSALEM – The instruction to lift a gag order on the arrest of a spy for Iran came from top Israeli government officials and could be an attempt to combat a softening on Iran.

Ali Mansouri

Ali Mansouri, 58, arrested at Ben Gurion Airport on suspicion of espionage, sits in between guards at the Petah Tikva court – Photo: AFP

The Petah Tikvah Magistrates’ Court on Monday agreed to extend the remand of Iranian-born Ali Mansouri, who traveled throughout Israel as Belgian businessman Alex Mans, for another eight days.

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| September 29, 2013
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Belgian citizen arrested by Shin Bet for spying for Iran

Arrested Belgian suspect reveals to his interrogators that he was promised by Iran some $1 million to spy on Israel.

By Gili Cohen

 

Israel has arrested a Belgian citizen of Iranian extraction on suspicion that he was sent by the Iranian intelligence agency to spy for the Islamic Republic.

Ali Mansouri

Alex Mans, formerly Ali Mansouri, in Tel Aviv. – Photo by Courtesy

The suspect, Alex Mans, was arrested by the Shin Bet security service and Israel Police at Ben-Gurion International Airport on his way out of Israel. The arrest took place two weeks ago but the information was not made public until Sunday. Continue Reading »

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| September 9, 2013
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‘Spy’ stork arrested, interrogated, released then eaten in Egypt

 

Last week, after a stork was caught in Egypt wearing a tracking device, the police held it on suspicion it was a Mossad spy for Israel. After its release, stork hunted down, then eaten.

Ynet

Menes the stork was caught in Egypt last week and held by authorities on suspicion of being used to spy for Israel, due to the tracking device attached to its leg. Just days after its release into the wild, it was hunted down and eaten, according to the UK’s Guardian.

Stork ‘spy’ in Egyptian custody – Photo: AP

The stork was brought into police by an Egyptian who spotted a device used to track wildlife that was on it, and thought that this might be a method of spying. Continue Reading »

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| September 1, 2013
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Egyptian Security Arrests Duck, as ‘Zionist Spy’

Egypt’s Police arrests water fowl suspected of being an Israeli spy, maybe for the Mossad.

By Maayana Miskin

 

 

Egyptian police have arrested a duck that they fear was sent by Israel as a spy, Egypt’s Al-Ahram news agency reports.

The bird was spotted by a fisherman in the Nile River, in the Qena region, as it swam with other birds. The fisherman noticed that the bird had a device attached to its feathers, which he feared could be used to gather information.

A security official told Al-Ahram that experts are examining the device to see if it could have been used to gather intelligence. Continue Reading »

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| August 2, 2013
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Anti-Zionist Spy suspect denounced in Jerusalem

 

 

The Neturei Karta faction in haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim reacted to the arrest of fellow anti-Zionist member suspected of spying for Iran. ‘This kind of espionage is like killing a Jew, and you mustn’t kill any Jew – even a secular one,’ said a local resident.

By Kobi Nachshoni

After days of rumors and public ads in Mea Shearim regarding the arrest of a Hasid suspected of spying for Iran, the residents of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem began coming to terms Thursday with the indictment of a Neturei Karta member charged with contacting a foreign agent and intention to commit treason. Continue Reading »

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| August 1, 2013
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Jerusalem member of Neturei Karta indicted on conspiracy, to spy for Iran

 

 

A Jerusalem man from the  Neturei Karta faction traveled to Berlin in 2011, offered the staff at the Iranian embassy to provide intel about Israel & even expressed his willingness ‘to murder a Zionist.

By Aviel Magnezi

 

Cleared for publication: A Jerusalem resident and member of the Neturei Karta faction, a radical haredi sect, has been charged with offering himself as a spy to the Iranian government.

Defendant in court Photo: Alex Kolomoisky

Defendant in court – Photo: Alex Kolomoisky

According to the indictment, the man, who is being charged with contacting a foreign agent and intention to commit treason, had contacted the Iranian government and offered his services as a spy. Continue Reading »

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| July 26, 2013
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Turkey: Detained bird was not spying for Israel

 

Turkish daily Hurriyet reports: After interrogation & X-ray test, the detained kestrel with leg-tag reading ‘4311 Tel Avivunia Israel’ was not carrying microchips & released “to fly away”.

By Ynet

 

Turkish authorities have “cleared a renegade bird captured in the Ağın district of the eastern province of Elazığ on suspicions of working for Israel’s state-of-the-art intelligence agency,” the Hurriyet newspaper reported Friday.

After being arrested, detained, interrogated, & x-rayed, the bird was 'Free to fly away.'

After being arrested, detained, interrogated, & x-rayed, the bird was ‘Free to fly away.’

According to the report by the Turkish newspaper, residents of Altınavya village became suspicious that the little kestrel could be more than a bird that lost its way when they found it wore a metallic ring stamped with the words “24311 Tel Avivunia Israel,” and delivered it to the district governorate. Continue Reading »

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