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Iranian Intelligence Recruiting Hebrew Speakers


[Ynet News] Alex Fishman - The Iranian regime is recruiting Hebrew speakers to work as translators, intelligence agents and as part of its propaganda machine against Israel. The main source of Hebrew speakers is Palestinian students studying abroad or Palestinian terrorists sent for military training in Iran and Lebanon. One prominent center for Hebrew studies is located at Iran's embassy in Beirut, where Hizbullah members learn Hebrew at the "Islamic Culture and Education Center." The embassy owns a vast library of Hebrew newspapers and books, including even children's books. It was there that Hizbullah trained, with the aid of Palestinians, those who tapped Israeli communication systems before and during the Second Lebanon War.
2007-07-31 01:00:00
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