Tel-Chai Nation

An Israeli Arab has just been sent to court for spying on IDF head Gabi Ashkenazi:

Cleared for publication: An indictment was issued Monday in the Petah Tikva District Court against a 23-year-old resident of Tirah for threatening State security. Rawi Sultani was indicted for allegedly being recruited by Hezbollah to collect details on Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi.

Sultani, arrested following a complex and involved investigation carried out by the International Crimes National Investigation Unit, was indicted for offences against national security, including transferring information for the benefit of the enemy, contact with a foreign agent, and conspiring to commit a crime.

Sultani, who works out at the same gym as the chief of staff in Kfar Saba, passed on information to his Hezbollah operators via email and meetings abroad.

Now it's very lucky that this terrorist mole was foiled. But, as Debbie Schlussel points out, what's startling here is that Ashkenazi would exercise at a public gymnasium instead of one owned by the military themselves. I hope that after this, all high-ranking army officials will understand why it's dangerous to work out at publicly accessible places like the gym spoken of here.

Labels: Israel, jihad, Lebanon, terrorism, war on terror