Tag: Espionage
‘I don’t regret helping my people and my land’
On Nov. 21, 1985, at 10 a.m., Jonathan Pollard and his then-wife arrive at the Israeli Embassy in Washington. He still recalls what happened in those moments, second by second, as if they had...
Report: Hamas cleans house in wake of high-level defection
Whether it was a senior commander in Hamas’s elite naval commando force who defected to Israel, as initially reported on Sunday, or merely a junior officer in the unit as was subsequently reported, the incident still...
US Defense Department charges linguist working overseas with espionage
A linguist who worked for the U.S. Department of Defense was charged on Wednesday with espionage for allegedly transmitting highly sensitive classified national defense information to a foreign national with apparent connections to the U.S.-designated terrorist...
Sinem Tezyapar: A case of profound injustice
At the outset, let me state that I have never met Sinem Tezyapar. Tezyapar, a Muslim woman from Turkey who believes in a better and more peaceful world, stands accused of being a spy...
Two Iranians plead guilty to spying on the United States
Two Iranians have pleaded guilty to spying on America.
Ahmadreza Mohammadi-Doostdar, a dual U.S.-Iranian citizen, and Majid Ghorbani, an Iranian citizen living in California, pleaded guilty to collecting intelligence on the Rohr Chabad House at the University...
Trump: ‘I don’t believe Israel is spying on US’
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he doesn’t believe that Israel is spying on the United States.
“I don’t think the Israelis are spying on us. I really would find that hard to...
Israel caught Iranian spy in West Bank in April
Israel said on Thursday that it caught a Jordanian businessman spying on behalf of Iran in Israel earlier this year, including in the West Bank.
Thaer Shafut, 32, was in the West Bank last year...
Former Israeli minister sentenced to 11 years in prison for spying for Iran
The Jerusalem District Court sentenced former Israeli minister Gonen Segev to 11 years in prison on Tuesday for spying for Iran.
As part of a plea deal, Segev admitted to spying for Iran for five...
Former Israeli Minister who colluded with Iran to get 11-year prison sentence
Gonen Segev, a former Israeli minister who was found to have met repeatedly with Iranian intelligence officials for the past six years and given them sensitive information, will serve 11 years in prison as...
The dollars that fund spies from Iran
Several weeks ago, an article in the Hebrew-language Yediot Achronot revealed that, according to Palestinian sources, Hamas and Islamic Jihad have received more than $100 million per year over the last few years from Iran. That represents...