Egypt released an American-Israeli it held as an alleged spy and Israel freed 25 Egyptians in a prisoner swap on Thursday that will ease strains between Cairo\’s new rulers and the United States and Israel.
Israel\’s Cabinet unanimously approved a deal to release dual American-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel in exchange for 25 Egyptians being held in Israeli prisons.
Egypt is calling for the release of dozens of Egyptians being held in Israeli prisons in return for alleged spy Ilan Grapel.
Egypt has relaunched its investigation into a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen arrested in Egypt , and discovered that he is fluent in Arabic. Ilan Grapel is being interrogated without the assistance of an interpreter, since he speaks Arabic fluently, the Egyptian newspaper al-Masri al-Youm reported Wednesday.
A dual U.S.-Israel citizen who is being in Egypt held on charges of being a spy for Israel could face trial in the coming weeks. Cairo prosecutors are calling to speed up a trial date for law student Ilan Grapel, who was arrested at his hotel in central Cairo on Sunday, according to Egypt\’s al-Ahram weekly.
An Israeli journalist who tried to infiltrate the Egyptian border with illegal migrants was arrested and may be tried in a military court.\n\nYotam Feldman, a reporter for Haaretz and several other publications, was working on assignment for Israel\’s Channel 10 reporting on African migrants infiltrating into Israel. The migrants and Bedouin guides with whom he was attempting to infiltrate managed to escape, according to reports.\n
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