Mystery Australian’s next-of-kin seek compensation from Israel

Published on February 15, 2013

Relatives of an Australian immigrant to Israel who killed himself in 2010 while secretly jailed on charges of violating national security are seeking compensation from the state, a source briefed on the affair said on Friday.

Israeli lawyer sheds some light on Australian spy mystery

Published on February 14, 2013

An Australian immigrant, reported to have been recruited by Israel's Mossad spy agency, was charged with grave crimes before he committed suicide in an Israeli jail, one of his lawyers said on Thursday.

Authors return to scene of Israeli espionage

Published on July 18, 2012

We think we have some important stories to tell, and thus we returned to the subject of Israeli espionage. Our first effort in that field was a book in 1990 titled “Every Spy a Prince.” Twenty-two years later, we spoke with more people and got more stories — about recent events, but also new details about important operations going back to the beginnings of the Jewish state in 1948.

Israel to prosecute Haaretz journalist

Published on May 30, 2012

Israel will prosecute the journalist who allegedly accepted classified documents from a soldier.

Russia expels Israel’s military attaché over espionage claims

Published on May 18, 2011

Israel's military attaché in Moscow was arrested and expelled earlier this week, it was revealed on Wednesday, with sources saying that the top Israel Defense Forces officer was questioned over espionage suspicions.

Espionage trial of Israeli soldier Anat Kamm begins

Published on May 24, 2010

The trial of a former Israeli soldier who turned classified military documents over to a reporter began.

Justice Arthur Goldberg, baseball’s Joe Berg spied for U.S. during WWII

Published on August 15, 2008

Several prominent Jews spied for the United States during World War II, newly released documents show

AIPAC trial judge throws out government’s secrecy motion

By Ron Kampeas
Published on April 19, 2007

Alleged secrets are the "heart of the case" against two former American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) staffers, a federal judge said -- and that's why the government must not keep them from public review.

AIPAC Staffers Go to Grand Jury

By Edwin Black
Published on March 31, 2005

Top officials at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) have appeared before a grand jury and two senior staffers have been placed on paid leave in the latest developments in the federal investigation of the pro-Israel lobby for allegedly passing classified information to Israel, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the case.

At the same time, the Pentagon staffer at the center of the allegations, accused of espionage by the FBI and then pressured into an alleged FBI "sting" against AIPAC, has been quietly rehired by the Pentagon, over the FBI's objections.

Investigation of AIPAC Crosses Line

By Malcolm Hoenlein
Published on January 13, 2005

There have been hundreds, even thousands, of articles in the American press regarding an FBI investigation involving the American Israel Public Affairs Committee

Valley AIPAC Shows Support for Lobby

By Idan Ivri
Published on September 16, 2004

Hundreds of people -- politicians and rabbis, Democrats and Republicans, Americans and Israelis, young and old -- squeezed past dozens of tables to find their assigned seats for dinner.

Just two weeks after CBS News broke the story that the FBI has been investigating an American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) staffer for alleged espionage, the pro-Israel lobby hosted its largest event ever in the San Fernando Valley.

Playing at Pollard

By Keren Engelberg
Published on February 6, 2003

Playwright Martin Blank confesses he has an affinity for spy stories.

Another of ‘Iran 10’ Released

By Rachel Pomerance
Published on January 24, 2002

Thirteen Jews originally were arrested on espionage charges in the winter of 1999. Many of the accused "confessed" to the charges, though Jewish groups scoffed at the idea that the confessions were offered freely. Several later recanted.

No Stranger to Controversy

By Sharon Samber
Published on September 28, 2000

From the start, Martin Indyk's career as a U.S. official has been filled with intrigue.As the first Jewish ambassador to Israel and later the top State Department official in charge of Middle East policy, Indyk's words and actions have been scrutinized by Jews and Arabs, by proponents and opponents of the peace process.

Rally for the ‘Iran 13’

By Tom Tugend
Published on April 20, 2000

The Passover theme of liberation took on new meaning when more than 1,000 people rallied Sunday to demand freedom for the 13 Iranian Jews, imprisoned in Shiraz a year ago and facing trial for alleged espionage.

High Hopes

By Julie Wiener
Published on February 3, 2000

The release on bail this week of three Iranian Jewish prisoners has raised hopes for their future, but not alleviated concerns that they and the other 10 accused of espionage will not receive a fair trial.

A Call for Justice and Freedom

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 17, 1999

A dramatic appearance by the Rev. Jesse Jackson in Los Angeles last week helped kick into high gear an international campaign to free 13 Iranian Jews who were arrested by Iranian authorities for alleged espionage, and who face possible execution.

The Mossad Spy Who Turned Bad

By Eric Silver
Published on December 11, 1997

Graham Greene and John Le Carré have been there before: A shadowy source with access to the highest reaches of an enemy regime. A vain, furtive secret service handler with a chip on his shoulder, who insists that the informant will speak to no one but him. A steady flow of alarming exclusive reports, plausible but inherently uncheckable. An intelligence community more concerned with protecting its turf than investigating all the way when suspicions were first aroused.