מי מכיר/ה את עבריין המין גיל, תושב רעננה, נשוי ואב לבן? לבקשת המוסד, שמו המלא נאסר לפרסום בישראל UPDATED: This story has been updated with new information (and here) brought to my attention by Israeli readers. Channel 12 aired a story earlier this week of an Israeli con man in his thirties, named on-air as "Gil from Raanana," who approached Israeli women … [Read more...]
Israeli Intelligence Spied on Trump’s Cell Phone Calls
File this post under "well, of course they did!" Politico reports today that Israeli intelligence implanted Stingray devices near the White House and other sensitive U.S. government facilities in order to intercept the cell phone calls of Pres. Trump and presumably other officials in key foreign policy and national security positions. Though the article does … [Read more...]
Bolton Sounds Drumbeat of War Based on Tenuous Israeli Claim of Iran Threat
Barak Ravid reported yesterday that the military escalation in the Persian Gulf announced by John Bolton (sending a carrier task force into the Strait of Hormuz) was a response to a Mossad intelligence report. UPDATE: It now appears that Bolton's statement about deployment of the U.S. carrier itself was misleading as the task force was already steaming to … [Read more...]
Rafi Eitan: Israel’s Notorious Spymaster, Deconstructed
NOTE: As a freelance journalist you look for major events for which you believe your editors might wish to commission a piece. Such was the occasion of Rafi Eitan's death. As it happens, none of my media outlets were interested in my pitch about this. But I think his story offers many lessons regarding the use and abuse of Israel's intelligence … [Read more...]
