US Spying on Israel

Amit, Kielczynski and Others

American government documents released in 2004 reveal that the U.S. ran a spy in Israel who was a senior member of the Israeli Government. (See: Was There A Spy In the Israeli Government? - Hamodia)

This revelation once again put the lie to the U.S. insistence that Israel alone had betrayed a 'gentleman's agreement' between the two countries by running a spy in Washington. Other obvious contradictions had previously surfaced over the years, including the cases of IDF officer Yossi Amit, and Angie Kielczynski - both are Israelis who spied for the U.S.

Nevertheless, America never backed off of its orignial version of events and continues to this day to maintain Israel alone betrayed a sacred trust. The U.S. uses this as an excuse to justify the harsh treatment of Jonathan Pollard and the grossly disproportionate sentence he is serving. Israel has never repudiated the American lies which continue to keep Jonathan Pollard in prison.

This page focuses on articles about Amit and Kielczynski, and other Israelis who spied against Israel for the U.S.

• Oct.: Shredded Secrets (Excerpt): Edward Jay Epstein

1993

• June 3: Imprisoned Officer Said to Help U.S.: Washington Post
• June 5: Amit Spy Case: Israeli Disclosure Raises Question on U.S. Spying: Los Angeles Times

1994

• Apr. 19: A Clash Of Cultures In The Spy Game: Yossi Melman & Dan Raviv

1996

• Jan. 30: Defense Memo Warned of Israeli Spying: The Washington Post
• Feb. 3: U.S. Memo On Israel Cited Its Spy Aims: The New York Times

1997

• May 15: Spying on Friends: The Jerusalem Post
• Dec. 12: Unexchanged Spies: Ha'aretz

2001

• Feb. 27: Israeli Who Spied for CIA Loses Breach of Contract Suit
• Mar. 9: I Spy? Man Who Says He Fingered Pollard Loses In Court: Jewish Press
• May 9: Transcript [ENGLISH]: Interview of Kielczynski, Israeli Spy for CIA: Kol Yisrael Radio - [Translation by IMRA]
• May 9: Transcript [HEBREW Original]: Interview of Kielczynski, Israeli Spy for CIA: Kol Yisrael Radio - [Source: IFAT] - PDF file
• May 18: Ha'aretz: Israeli Who Spied For CIA: Haaretz
• Nov. 21: Pollard Suing To Force Spy Swap After 20 Years In Prison: Shurat HaDin Law Center
• Nov. 21: Hebrew Media Release: Pollard Sues Israeli Govt. To Force Spy Swap (PDF)

2004

• June 23: Israeli Cabinet Minister Spied for U.S. - New U.S. Docs Reveal: Hamodia
• Sept. 5: Allegations of Israeli Spying Usually Disappear -- Eventually: Alex Safian
• Sept. 20: The Dirty Pot and The Clean Kettle - Who is Spying on Whom?: Si Frumkin

2007

• May 8: Spy Games: America's efforts to spy on Israelf: Gregory Levey

2011

• Feb. 14: U.S. Ordered Intel Campaign Against Israel: Middle East Newsline

• July 31: MK: Netanyahu must 'unmask' US spying on Israel: Gil Hoffman, The Jerusalem Post
• July 28: US sees Israel, tight Mideast ally, as spy threat: Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, Huffington Post
• Aug. 14: Wiki Leaks: Appendix A: Tasking Orders from US State Dept to US Spies in Israel: J4JPnews

• Aug. 29: Washington Post: Secret budget reveals US spying on Israel: Yitzhak Benhorin
• Aug. 30: Washington Post: Israel a target of US counter-intelligence operations: The Jerusalem Post

• Dec. 22: New light on United States spying on Israel: Hamodia [NY]