So, why exactly would the Iranians need Hebrew speakers? Because they’re recruiting Palestinians who can speak and read Hebrew.
The Iranian regime needs Hebrew speakers to work as translators, intelligence agents and as part of its propaganda machine against Israel. The main source of Hebrew speakers is Palestinian students studying abroad or Palestinian terrorists sent for military training in Iran and Lebanon.
One of the most prominent centers for Hebrew studies is located at Iran’s embassy in Beirut, where Hizbullah members learn Hebrew at the Islamic Culture and Education Center.
The embassy owns a vast library of Hebrew newspapers and books, including even children’s’ books. It was there that Hizbullah had trained, with the aid of Palestinians, a large group of fighters who were placed in charge of tapping Israeli communication systems, in a bid to collect intelligence on the “Zionist enemy” before and during the Second Lebanon War.
According to the Shin Bet, Israeli Arab students studying out of the country are an attractive target for Hizbullah, because it is easier for the organization to recruit and train them abroad.
However, turnabout is fair play:
Meanwhile, in Israel, the Mossad has recently published an ad in the newspaper inviting Farsi speakers to apply for “an interesting, challenging position,” which apparently includes listening in on Iranian transmissions and translating materials published in Iran.
There are a lot of Farsi speakers in Israel. That’s because of the exodus of Iranian Jews since the Islamic revolution in 1979. I think the Mossad will easily meet its goals.
The war is coming.
What Israel should do is recruit double agents. It should find Jews of Middle Eastern or North African origin to pose as Palestinians who know Hebrew. And let these agents then “work” for the Iranians.
Of course, it could get ticklish if they meet up with genuine Palestinians who will ask what home town they come from and what family or clan they belong to, or if they know Khaled So-and-So or the mother of Walid This-and-That. They would also have to have the right accent in Arabic. But if Mossad could finesse all that, it would be a star opportunity.
Maybe they’re really going after the Isreali Peace Corps. you may want a law saying they can’t spy and maybe for like five years after they’re done serving.
I didn’t know there was an Israeli Peace Corps.
Aren’t we (Israel) recruiting Farsi speakers?