A member of an anti-Zionist Orthodox group based in
Jerusalem has been charged with intending to spy for Iran.
According to Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet, the man,
who belongs to the Neturei Karta movement, is alleged to have visited the
Iranian embassy in Berlin in 2011, where he offered his services in gathering
information on Israel .
Shin Bet claimed that the 47-year-old, whose name has not
been released, told embassy officials during a meeting that he was prepared to
kill Zionists, and that he wanted to replace the Jewish state with a
“government of goyim” .
After he returned to Israel, he tried to maintain contact
with Iranian representatives using an email account they set up for him.
Shin Bet claimed that after he was arrested, “the detainee
said he was acting out of hatred for the state of Israel and in order to get
money.”
The man, who also faces the charge of making contact with a
foreign agent, was arrested last month and held under a court-approved gag
order.
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