: The Zionist idolators aren't the least bit concerned what their : activities do to endanger Jewish communities worldwide.......... : >Jul 6, 2000 - 04:14 PM : > Swiss Demand Imprisonment for : > Mossad Spy : > By Alexander G. Higgins : > Associated Press Writer : > LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - A Swiss prosecutor : > called Thursday for a 15-month prison sentence for an : > Israeli Mossad spy who admitted installing illegal : > wiretap equipment. But the agent's lawyers said he : > should be acquitted because he was trying to prevent : > terror attacks. : > The agent, being tried under the pseudonym Issac : > Bental, was caught in February 1998 trying to bug the : > apartment of a Swiss-Lebanese citizen whom Israel : > suspected of supporting terrorist acts by the anti-Israeli : > Hezbollah. : > Defense attorney Ralph Zloczower said in his closing : > arguments that his client was obliged to collect : > information on terrorists even if it violated Swiss law. : > "The danger of terror is omnipresent for Israel, its : > inhabitants and Jews," Zloczower said. "It is essential : > that the Israeli people have an effective intelligence : > agency to assure that threats to the country are : > recognized well in advance so that they can be : > successfully combatted." : > But deputy federal prosecutor Felix Baenziger argued : > there was no "immediate danger" to Israel. "The case : > presented falls far short of being an emergency : > situation," he said. : > The five-judge panel was expected to issue a decision : > Friday. : > Bental was one of five Mossad agents caught installing : > wiretap equipment in the basement of an apartment : > building near the Swiss capital, Bern. : > The other agents - two men and two women - were : > released by local police after questioning, but Bental : > was handed over to federal police because he was : > carrying a diplomatic bag containing the wiretapping : > tools. : > Bental spent 65 days in jail before being released on $2 : > million bail and the assurances of the Israeli government : > that he would return to face trial. : > The trial has caused a fury among Mossad agents, : > angered that one of their own should face such public : > investigation in a foreign country. : > Although other Mossad agents have been arrested : > abroad and even tried, the Swiss procedure has : > exposed Bental to unusual scrutiny. : > Swiss prosecutors and the five-judge panel of the : > Federal Criminal Court allowed Bental to continue : > hiding his true identity - even from them - on grounds : > that revealing it could endanger his life. : > They also have refrained from pressing him for answers : > about Mossad operations beyond what they already : > know about his failed mission. : > But the defendant has been required to sit on the bench : > next to his Swiss lawyers, where he can be seen by : > court spectators. His comments are translated from : > Hebrew into German for the court. Four Israeli diplomats : > sit behind him for moral support. : > Bental admitted to each of the three charges against : > him - that he acted illegally for a foreign country, : > conducted political espionage and repeatedly used : > false foreign identity documents. : > Bental's lawyers have outlined links between the target : > of the operation, Abdallah el-Zein, and terrorist masters : > in Lebanon and Iran. El-Zein, a Lebanese-born car : > dealer who obtained Swiss citizenship by marriage, ran : > an Ahl El-Beit center, part of an international chain that : > promotes adherence to Shiite Islam. : > But a Swiss police expert said investigators had been : > unable to prove that the worldwide Ahl El-Beit network : > were connected to Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Shiite : > Muslim guerrilla group that led the fight against Israeli : > occupation of southern Lebanon. : > Baenziger, the prosecutor, said Switzerland had always : > "done everything imaginable" to cooperate with Mossad : > and the agency should have sought Swiss help because : > that was the only legal way to carry out such : > surveillance. : > But defense attorneys said the evidence the Israeli : > agents had collected was insufficient to use standard : > procedures and persuade Swiss officials to set up the : > wiretap for them. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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