“Ilan Chaim is the first Israeli spy arrested in Egypt in 50 years,” said security expert, Major General Saif al-Yazal. “This is the fourth Israeli spy case since the January 25 Revolution. The Egyptian Intelligence exposed five spy processes in only four months.” “Ilan Chaim was an officer in the Israeli army during the Lebanon War. But he got injured and then recruited by the Israeli Mossad. He was sent to Egypt on the third day of January 25 Revolution. He entered Egypt via a tourist visa,” al-Yazal explained. “The spy pretended to be a Roman journalist in Tahrir Square. Then he claimed he was an Australian journalist. He went to Tahrir a lot. He attended the million-man demonstrations.” “The Israeli spy visited Al-Azhar mosque in the morning. He met the worshippers to know whether the political scene in Egypt will turn religious or not. He used to go to downtown cafés at night to meet intellectuals in order to gather information. Afterwards, he went to suspicious places to have fun with women.” “Israel has no choice but to rely on intelligent, prepared and well-trained person as Ilan,” said Alyazal. “Ilan used a false passport of an accepted country to enter Egypt easily. He is trained to notice observations. Yet he couldn't recognize the Egyptian Intelligence was spying on him. It is a clever feat for the Egyptian Intelligence to catch such a trained spy,” Al-Yazal said. The Egyptian Intelligence knew of all the spy's movements. They have copies of all the information the spy sent instantly to Israel, by supervising his personal computer. They kept copies to be used as evidence of a later conviction. When the Military Council announced the statement warning of any alien from threatening Egypt's security, they were addressing this specific case. Al-Yazal said the investigations with the spy occurred in the Supreme State Security Prosecution. The spy is being transferred to different secret places to mislead Israel about his whereabouts. “The spy is trained and very clever. He could easily interfere with the youth and make friends using his Shami Arabic accent,” said Alyazal. “He surprised Egyptian youth with the information he knew. He met his targets with ease and without raising any doubts abound him. He claims to be a correspondent of European newspapers and agencies. He tried to attract Egyptian youth to work with him.” Al-Yazal said the Egyptian Intelligence sent the case to the Supreme State Security after gathering all evidence. The Supreme State Security approved the arrest of the spy after revising all the documents. The Intelligence officers and the Supreme State Security Deputy caught him in a three star hotel. “Israeli newspaper Maariv denied Israeli relations with this spy,” al-Yazal said. “But Egypt hasn't received any comment from any Israeli officials. The spy demanded a lawyer. Egypt requested the Israeli embassy to send a lawyer, but there has been no response as of yet.” “The Israeli spy had four missions in Egypt,” said security expert, Major General, Hossam Sweilem. “The missions included collecting information about current and upcoming events in Egypt; sparking demonstrations; corrupting the relations between Egyptian citizens and the army; and recruiting some Egyptian youth suing the sorting system.” “The technological progress is not enough to complete spying. The information now is available through the media and the internet. So the human elements is more important now because they can reveal intentions,” Sweilam said. “Israel has a list of questions to be answered by Ilan about the phase after the January 25 Revolution through a series of spy missions in Egypt,” Sweliem said. According to Sweilam, Ilan came to Egypt before the January 25 Revolution five times. The Egyptian Intelligence continuously observed him. He was followed every place he visited. He even asked to know about Islam to convert. “Israel wants to know all about Egypt's conditions as a neighboring country. They want also to know who will lead the political scene, who will become the future Egyptian president, how the relation will be between the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Hamas, how Sinai reconstruction will affect them, what the rebel's role is in the Egyptian government, to what extend they are important, who is the premier Prime Minister, who is the future Chief of Staff and what is the Egyptian-American relations. All these questions need to be answered for the Israeli agenda.” Arabic here
