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    June 14, 2011

Israeli Foreign Minister: Grapel is Not a Spy

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   Egyptian broadsheet newspapers present on their front page pictures of
   Ilan Grapel, as Egypt's state security prosecution began questioning
   the Israeli man suspected of spying for the Mossad intelligence agency,
   state TV reported, June 13, 2011
   Photo: AFP
   Egyptian broadsheet newspapers present on their front page pictures of
   Ilan Grapel, as Egypt's state security prosecution began questioning
   the Israeli man suspected of spying for the Mossad intelligence agency,
   state TV reported, June 13, 2011

   Israel's foreign minister says a U.S.-Israeli citizen arrested in Egypt
   Sunday is not a spy.
   Avigdor Lieberman said on Israeli military radio Tuesday that
   American-born Ilan Grapel had no ties with Israeli or American
   intelligence services, no matter how "strange" or "careless" his
   behavior.
   The U.S. says a consular officer visited Grapel in prison Monday after
   he was arrested Sunday and ordered to be detained for 15 days.
   Friends and family of Grapel say he is a 27-year-old American-Israeli
   who was interning for a non-profit organization in Egypt. They say he
   is an American law student who speaks Arabic and has an avid interest
   in the Middle East.
   Egyptian authorities say the suspect entered Cairo around January 25
   and had posed as a foreign correspondent.
   The Egyptians allege Grapel is an officer with Israel's Mossad
   intelligence agency and had encouraged youths to clash with the
   Egyptian military during the protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square that led
   to the ouster of Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
   Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.

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