This story is a bit complex but it revolves around an Israeli of palestinian origin who was recruited by Hezbollah in Germany as a spy and upon his return to Israel, he was arrested by Shin Bet with the details just now coming out. Here's bits and pieces of the article over at Spiegel:
This arrest has revealed even more troubling news for Israel considering they have been plagued by attempted attacks in the country by these "citizens" of pali descent. Look at this section of the article:
The other thing to note here is the effect this recruitment is going to have on Europe. The Europeans have gone out of their way of late to rekindle relationships with Syria and as we all know, Syria is the main go between for arms and training for Hezbollah jihadists and their Iranian mentors. So while Syria's Assad is skipping across Europe, meeting with the likes of France's Sarkozy, and all the time Syria's evil mate, Hezbollah, is in Europe with this serious campaign of recruiting terrorists.
To think that Hezbollah's only aim is to recruit terrorists to go back to Israel is nonsense - they are going to send recruits to places in Europe as well. This is all further evidence that Hezbollah's plans are far-reaching - they are sponsoring world terror, not just in Lebanon and Israel.
A young Israeli man who studied in Germany has been arrested on espionage charges in Israel. Khaled K., of Palestinian descent, allegedly spied for the Hezbollah Shiite militia. His case is expected to highlight Hezbollah recruiting activities in Germany.
The charges filed by state prosecutors are serious. They allege the man, who comes from the Israeli-Arab town of Kalanswa, sought contact with an agent with connections to Hezbollah in an effort to pass on information.
Security authorities say that K. thus slipped into the orbit of senior officer Mohammed H., a 50-year-old Lebanese man whose task was to recruit spies for Hezbollah in Europe.
This arrest has revealed even more troubling news for Israel considering they have been plagued by attempted attacks in the country by these "citizens" of pali descent. Look at this section of the article:
"This incident provides new proof that Israeli-Arabs are attractive recruiting targets for Hezbollah," an Israeli Foreign Ministry statement read. Close to 20 percent of all Israeli citizens are so-called Israeli Arabs -- mostly Palestinians and Druze.
The other thing to note here is the effect this recruitment is going to have on Europe. The Europeans have gone out of their way of late to rekindle relationships with Syria and as we all know, Syria is the main go between for arms and training for Hezbollah jihadists and their Iranian mentors. So while Syria's Assad is skipping across Europe, meeting with the likes of France's Sarkozy, and all the time Syria's evil mate, Hezbollah, is in Europe with this serious campaign of recruiting terrorists.
To think that Hezbollah's only aim is to recruit terrorists to go back to Israel is nonsense - they are going to send recruits to places in Europe as well. This is all further evidence that Hezbollah's plans are far-reaching - they are sponsoring world terror, not just in Lebanon and Israel.
Spy Case Casts Light on Hezbollah Recruitment in Germany
When Khaled K. stepped off the plane from Germany to start his summer vacation, it wasn't his family that awaited him at the gate. Instead Shin Bet agents and police greeted the 29-year-old Israeli man of Palestinian descent when he arrived on July 16 at Israel's Ben Gurion International Airport. He was arrested and disappeared into custody for two weeks until Israeli officials filed charges against him on Wednesday and lifted a gag order on coverage of his arrest.
The charges filed by state prosecutors are serious. They allege the man, who comes from the Israeli-Arab town of Kalanswa, sought contact with an agent with connections to Hezbollah in an effort to pass on information.
The indictment alleges he also supplied names of potential recruits to the Shiite militia and that he had expressed his preparedness to take a job at the Rambam Hospital in the Israeli city of Haifa after completing his studies in Germany, where he is enrolled as a student at the University of Göttingen near Hanover. Israeli soldiers in the 2006 war against Hezbollah are still being treated at the Rambam Hospital, and K. was apparently supposed to sound them out in order to obtain information that could be useful to Hezbollah.
Prosecutors also allege that the Israeli-Arab was paid a total of €13,000 for his services. According to the Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, he has confessed to the charges.
An acquaintance of K's, however, is well known to the Germans. According to files from the Israeli state prosecutor's office, K. met with a Lebanese surgeon named Hicham H. in Germany sometime in 2002 or earlier. H. is the head of the Orphans Project Lebanon (Waisenkinderprojekt Libanon), which, according to the Israelis, is a cover organization for the Lebanese Martyr Institute. That group is suspected of collecting money for Hezbollah.
For three years, Hicham H. and Khaled K. are suspected of having met every two weeks -- before H. suggested that K. should meet one of his acquaintances. This contact person, also Lebanese, operated under the aliases Rami or Mazen and suggested during their first meeting in Erfurt in 2005 that K. should get himself an unregistered mobile phone. He also said that further contact should only take place via e-mail, according to Israeli investigators.
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