BEIRUT: An Egyptian man living in Lebanon has confessed to spying for Israel after he and his Lebanese wife were arrested over the weekend.
The couple, who have lived in Hasbaya, southeast Lebanon for 20 years according to As-Safir newspaper, had been under surveillance for some time, a statement from the Internal Security Forces said Monday.
The man, identified by As-Safir as Ibrahim S., confessed to working with Israeli intelligence since 1999, according to the ISF statement, and said he had entered Israel three times.
He also confessed that his wife knew he had been working with Israeli intelligence.
Authorities discovered what they said were spying and communication devices, including a cellphone with an Israeli SIM card inside Ibrahim’s house.
As-Safir reported Monday that Ibrahim has worked at several laundries in Hasbaya, Beirut and border towns.
They said Ibrahim crossed into Israel during the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and worked there over a substantial period of time.
Investigations are ongoing.
By MONA NAIR
6 News Reporter
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NEW YORK (AP) – Brooklyn College faculty have passed a resolution condemning the New York Police Department’s effort to infiltrate Muslim student groups.
The college’s Faculty Council voted unanimously to condemn the practice, part of a broad intelligence-gathering operation that the NYPD has built in the last decade with the help of the Central Intelligence Agency.
The CIA is now investigating whether its agents broke the law by spying on Americans.
The Faculty Council passed the resolution on Sept. 13. College spokesman Jeremy Thompson confirmed the resolution’s passage Monday. He said that college president Karen Gould shared the professors’ concerns.
