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Israel says no spying on US since 1985
JERUSALEM - Israel said on Wednesday it has not conducted any spying on the United States since 1985, following the arrest in New York of a US army veteran charged with passing defence secrets to the Jewish state some 30 years ago.

"The events go back to the early 1980s. Since 1985 there have been clear orders from (Israel's) prime ministers not to conduct these kind of activities," said Arieh Mekel, spokesperson for the Israeli foreign ministry. "Relations between the United States and Israel have always been based ontrue friendship and mutual values and interests," he said.
Unfortunately, I don't believe them. They did it before. They'll do it again. If it's a question in their minds as to the survival of their state, they'll spy on anyone. It's what states do.
On Tuesday, US authorities announced the arrest of Ben-Ami Kadish, on charges that he disclosed secret defence information, including on nuclear weapons, to Israel between 1979 and 1985. Kadish, who worked as a mechanical engineer at a US army weapons centre in New Jersey, provided classified documents to Isreal's consul for science affairs in New York, the Justice Department said.

The case has been linked to the 1980s Jonathan Pollard spy scandal which rocked US-Israeli relations. Pollard was an intelligence analyst for the Navy department who passed thousands of documents to Israel in 1984 and 1985. He is rotting in prison serving a life term after being convicted of spying.
Posted by: Steve White 2008-04-24
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