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Lebanese Spy For Israel Receives De...

By Daria Carmon

Lebanon’s military court handed down a death sentence on Monday, June 20th on Bassam Abu Jawdeh, a Lebanese merchant found guilty of espionage. The conviction was for working for Israeli intelligence and supplying them with information. Death penalty is imposed in Lebanon when an operative’s actions result in Lebanese life being lost. The …

Wahhab’s Bodyguard Arrested O...

The military court in Lebanon brought charges of espionage against Jalal A.D., the personal bodyguard of Arab Tawhid Party leader Wiam Wahhab, on Wednesday, June 15th, after he came under suspicion by Hezbollah of collaboration with Israel. According to the pro-Hezbollah publication Al-Akhbar, Wahhab’s security chief was taken into custody by Hezbollah and brought to Beirut’s …

Eastern European Spy Films Take Cen...

A film festival concentrating solely on espionage cinema is now underway at Zeughaus Kino in Berlin. “The Celluloid Curtain: Europe’s Cold War in Film” presents rare and widely unknown spy films from Iron Curtain countries. The festival was created by Claudia Amthor-Croft of the Goethe Institute’s London chapter as a means to observe the 50th anniversary …