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    June 23, 2011

Egypt Jails 3 Accused of Spying for Israel

   VOA News

   A court in Egypt has sentenced an Egyptian businessman and two Israelis
   to 25 years in prison for spying for Israel.
   The court on Thursday sentenced Tareq Hassan, who was accused of
   seeking to recruit telecommunications workers in Egypt, Syria and
   Lebanon to become Israeli spies.
   Hassan, who runs an import-export company, was arrested last August.
   The two Israelis were sentenced in absentia.
   Egypt arrested a U.S.-Israeli citizen earlier this month, saying he was
   an officer with Israel's Mossad intelligence agency who had encouraged
   youths to clash with Egyptian military in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
   Israel's foreign minister said last week the man, Ilan Grapel, is not a
   spy. He was ordered to be detained for 15 days.
   Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.

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