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    The Jew Who Spied for the Nazis

    Renato Levi was recruited to spy for the Germans in World War II, but he was actually a double agent, secretly working for the British

    byMarc Goldberg
  • The Arab Section camp at Kibbutz Yagur, circa 1946
    The Arab Section camp at Kibbutz Yagur, circa 1946
    Israel & The Middle East section icon
    At Camp

    An excerpt from Matti Friedman’s new book, ‘Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel’

    byMatti Friedman
  • Israeli activists hold up pictures of Jonathan Pollard during a protest calling for his release outside Israeli President Shimon Peres's residencen in Jerusalem, August 17, 2011.
    Israeli activists hold up pictures of Jonathan Pollard during a protest calling for his release outside Israeli President Shimon Peres's residencen in Jerusalem, August 17, 2011.
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    Confirmed: Jonathan Pollard To Be Released in November

    Thirty years into a life sentence for spying for Israel, the former U.S. intelligence analyst has been granted parole

    byJonathan Zalman
  • CIA headquarters in Langley, VA. (CIA.gov)
    CIA headquarters in Langley, VA. (CIA.gov)
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    CIA Recruited Nazis as Spies During Cold War

    New book says U.S. intelligence agencies used 1,000 Nazis in the 1950s

    byStephanie Butnick
  • A woman holds a placard during a protest calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard (who was jailed for life in 1987 on charges of spying on the United States) during a protest outside Secretary of State John Kerry's hotel in Jerusalem on April 8, 2013.
    A woman holds a placard during a protest calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard (who was jailed for life in 1987 on charges of spying on the United States) during a protest outside Secretary of State John Kerry's hotel in Jerusalem on April 8, 2013.
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    Time To Put the Pollard Case to Rest—by Demanding He Be Set Free

    A newly clear aspect of the case reveals evidence of a deeper injustice—which must now be addressed

    byEditorial
  • Ashraf Marwan.(Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photos Getty Images and Shutterstock)
    Ashraf Marwan.(Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photos Getty Images and Shutterstock)
    Israel & The Middle East section icon
    On the 40th Anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, Israel’s Top Spymasters Face Off

    Zvi Zamir and Eli Zeira reckon with history in Tel Aviv after four decades of feuding over the surprise attack

    byTal Kra-Oz
  • Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
    Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
    Arts & Letters section icon
    Jerusalem Stone

    Robert Stone’s 1998 novel Damascus Gate sets spies, cultists, and terrorists loose in the Holy Land

    byAdam Kirsch
  • Incomig MI6 cheif Sawers, who currently serves as Britain's U.N. ambassador, after a Security Council meeting in April.(Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)
    Incomig MI6 cheif Sawers, who currently serves as Britain's U.N. ambassador, after a Security Council meeting in April.(Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)
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    TMI6

    Facebook page reveals British spymaster’s Holocaust-denier tie

    byJesse Oxfeld
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