 Israel accused a Danish-Palestinian detainee on Wednesday of videotaping its security installations and trying to recruit Israeli Arabs on behalf of the Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah. A police statement said Lebanon-born Iyyad al-Ashuah, 39, was taken into custody on Jan. 6 after guards aboard a cross-country train he was on noticed him filming out of the window. Under interrogation by internal security agents Ashuah said Hizbollah paid him $2,000 to come to Israel, gather footage of its security installations and recruit members of the minority Arab community to carry out attacks. Two Israeli Arabs were also detained. Israeli media said Ashuah could be charged on Thursday. Hizbollah declined comment. "(Ashuah) was motivated by ideology," police investigations chief Amichai Shai told Israel's Army Radio. "Money was not the main factor here." |