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You might think that working for the Israeli intelligence agency requires some sort of skill. After all, you would not want to be discovered. So if you intended to spy on someone, you would probably use someone else?s identity or acquire a fake passport. You might pretend that you have no connection to Israel. And you would probably be surreptitiously in touch with your boss, who knows what you are doing.

But apparently, working for the Mossad is much easier ? and it was the Egyptians who discovered it. Clever as they are, they have come to the conclusion that two things are enough to qualify for an Israeli agent:

Be foreign.

And be in Egypt.

When the Egyptian security forces arrested Ilan Grapel in Cairo on June 12, they made use of their recently acquired knowledge: the US-Israeli joint citizen was in Egypt, and he held a foreign passport. Following the Egyptian reasoning, not much else was needed to prove that Mr. Grapel works for the Mossad. When it comes to arresting Israeli spies, the Egyptian security forces have become remarkably efficient ? especially during the past few weeks.

To prove Mr. Grapel?s guilt, the Egyptians spared no effort to collect even more stunningly persuasive evidence: pictures of the 27-year-old in Israeli military uniform, for example. According to Ahram Online, Mr. Grapel was also in possession of three cell phones ?containing top-secret information that could be politically harmful for Egypt in the wrong hands.? He is also alleged to have worked on documenting ?critical incidents? in the country after the Egyptian revolution. According to general prosecution, Mr. Grapel?s mission in Egypt was to ?increase tensions between protesters and army forces.? So it does not come as a surprise that he is to remain in detention in Egypt for another 15 days.

The fact that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman strongly denied Mr. Grapel was a spy just adds to the Egyptians? conviction ? what else would they expect from an Israeli official than to deny it? ?I can say categorically that this student, who may have behaved bizarrely and irresponsibly, has no ties with Israeli, American or even lunar intelligence services,? Mr. Lieberman told Israeli army radio.

From a professional Egyptian perspective, however, the Israeli foreign minister does not seem to be aware of what his collaborators do. Egyptian news reports say that Mr. Grapel arrived in Egypt on January 25, the same day that mass protests erupted against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. The reports say further that Mr. Grapel is suspected of having orders to ?sow chaos.? Chaos certainly followed his arrival in Egypt. So if history did not prove the news reports to be correct ? what would?

Some observers may say that the military who now rule Egypt are trying to use Mr. Grapel?s case to distract attention from their own difficulties. But this stunning success story of arresting a ?sophisticated Israeli spy? proves that a clever counter-spy network has been led by the former vice president, who should have qualified as Egypt?s next president by now.

If relations between Israel and Egypt have deteriorated since the Egyptian revolution, the Egyptians know the reason for it: a number of Israeli spies have infiltrated the country ? many more than ever before. And no matter what Israel says, there is plenty of evidence for Egypt?s authorities: The spies are foreign. And they are in Egypt. But thanks to the discovery and diligence of the Egyptian security forces, it has become much easier to arrest them.

By Anne Allmeling, Al Arabiya, June 27, 2011.

Photo caption: Ilan Grapel is an alleged Israeli spy arrested in Egypt on June 12, 2011.

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/27/155071.html

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