The bogus Israeli spy story is getting more attention--what good is a psy-op if nobody hears about it?
At least the latest round of disinformation has some entertainment value, in fact, it's hysterical. The Jerusalem Post, the voice of the Mossad, is reporting that Grapel was a paratrooper in the notorious Israeli Defense Force, the lineal descendant of the Zionist terrorist organization which helped to found modern Israel.
Brace yourselves: He was wounded during fighting against Hezbollah guerillas in the southern Lebanese town of Taibe in August, 2006. In an interview to the New York Daily News in 2006, Irene Grapel said her son decided to enlist in the IDF since he "didn't want a boring life" and craved some adventure before enrolling in graduate school.
JP says of the "alleged" spy:
"In recent years he was a student at Emory Law School and even interned at the Israeli Supreme Court, according to the Emory Law School website.
“You could call him something of an Arabist,” one friend said. Another friend said Grapel was “pro-Arabic” and liked “hanging out in Egypt.”
This guy is obviously a spook and an extremely well connected one at that. But one that liked "hanging out" in Egypt. And he's a "pro-Arab" person who joined the militantly anti-Arab IDF brecause he was bored.
And now for the coup de grace:
“I was very surprised and the way I know Ilan he is not like this and has always been concerned with human rights and Palestinian rights,” another friend...said.
A pro-Palestinian IDF paratrooper, gee, you don't find too many of those.
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=224782
According to the Egyptian blogger Zeinobia, Grapel's mother said he entered Egypt with an American
passport, which might explain all the nonsense initially written about it and discussed by me in an earlier post.
Grapel's parents also tell us that their son worked for a Christian NGO in Egypt called Saint Andrew’s refugee services, quite likely a nest of spooks. Presumably he undertook this adventure out of boredom as well. From the IDF and the Israeli Supreme Court to charity work for Christian NGO in Muslim Egypt, what a humanitarian!
And there's speculation (already, don't you know) that Grapel will be deported to the US, the land of his birth. Remember, he is accused of trying to overthrow the Egyptian government, a capital offense, yet his "punishment" will be merely to send him home.
This is obviously a psy-op intended to increase the popularity of an increasingly unpopular regime.
I have the feeling this story will keep us in stitches for some time to come.
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