In recent days, Israel’s secret police, the Shin Bet, secretly arrested a foreign national for unspecified security breaches. My Israeli source reveals:
The suspect is Adam L., and he is not an “Arab.”
Given his first name, I assume that he is a westerner. The case is under gag order and cannot be reported inside Israel.
I contacted numerous Israeli human rights NGOs including HaMoked, ACRI and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel, and individuals with extensive knowledge in such matters. Not a single person responded with any information. Either the Shin Bet has lowered a shroud over this case, or Israelis are even more cowed than usual by the rampant racism and hate boiling within Israeli society.
It is extremely unusual for the security services to arrest a non-Israeli for security breaches. The last known case was a poor Iranian shlub the Shin Bet alleged was a spy for the Ayatollahs. From my coverage of the case, the guy couldn’t find his way out of a paper bag, let alone be a master spy. But it was awfully convenient for Israel’s domestic spy agency to discover an Iranian spy under its very bed. Works wonders on the collective anti-Iran hysteria in Israel.
After a year in prison, the Iranian accepted a plea deal for eight years in prison. Not that this means he actually committed any illegal acts. But when faced with decades in prison under the threat of a sure conviction, men tend to compromise their convictions. This is the power of the legal apparatus in service to the national security state.
Interesting scoop, Richard. We haven’t heard much from your ‘source’ lately.
The jailed spy was a Belgian, with Iranian roots.
Also interesting is the Hamas terrorist cell uncovered in the West Bank.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4596905,00.html
They got their orders from Hamas in Turkey, probably Salheh al Arouri, who’s been linked to the kidnap/murder of the three Jewish youths
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/01/israel-bombs-gaza-while-hamas-kidnapping-mastermind-sits-in-turkey.html
And recently you claimed the Jerusalem bus driver was hanged at the first bus stop he passed, when in reality he was found at the bus depot. You just like to spread confusion for reasons that only you know, and we can guess at.
@ Red Eft: This comment is off topic. Please confine comments to the precise subject of the post.
I’m not surprised that your coveted Daily Beast source for the off-topic part of your comment is none other than the Mossad’s favorite DC journalist, Eli Lake. Look up the comment rules which specify use of credible sources. Eli Lake is as credible a source as Tokyo Rose.
Al Arouri is a godsend for Israeli intelligence. Whenever the’re in need of a scapegoat they dust him off & earn their brownie points from the pols and Israeli public. I’ve seen no real evidence of anything this supposed bomb-thrower has actually done that’s endangered Israel’s security.
BTW. The Israeli bus driver who ran over three Arabs, killing one, was an Arab himself.
http://www.panet.co.il/online/articles/110/111/S-876558,110,111.html
I see no mention of an Israeli bus driver in the article so let me add some unrelated drivel of my own: In my neighborhood a Jewish driver ran over a Jew!! Shock! Horror!
Why is Adam a forign name? it is a quite common Israeli name.
@ Adam: So you’re suggesting an Israeli Jew was secretly arrested by Shabak for a serious security offense?? That’s a laugh.
Israeli jews that get arrested for serious security offences by shabak is not a rare thing, Anat Kam and Tali Fahima are quite recent and quite known cases. So I am assuming you mean israelis that were arrested, and their arrest was hidden from the public for some time. I think, that in general, when Shabak arrest someone, they try to keep it quite (with or without warrents) for at least a short time, but there are known cases were it was hidden from the public for longer priods…
Ben zygier, Mordechai Vanunu (40 days), Mordechai Keidar (6 month), Marcus Klingberg (10 years)r and Anat Kam are some of the more known cases.
@ Adam: Arrests of Jews for security offenses are indeed rare. Especially compared to arrests of non-Jews under the same charges. I would guess the proportion would be 1,000 to 1, if not 10,000 to one.
Did you contact CIFWatch by any chance?
@ Iris Bloom: You mean you think the prisoner may be Adam Leivick? Breaching Israeli security?? That would be hilarious. I’ll have to be in touch to make certain it’s not him. If so, we’ll have to mobilize our resources to offer him our full support!
RS — thanks for another scoop!