… Polish authorities may deport alleged Israeli spy Uri Brodsky to Germany this week. … The Brodsky affair has caused friction with two of Israel’s most important European partners. According to media reports in Germany, Israel has turned the diplomatic screws on Poland and Germany to prevent an extradition of Brodsky to Germany.
A Polish diplomat told the Warsaw-based Rzeczpospolita daily in June: “If we extradite him, we will anger the Israelis. If we release him, we will anger the Germans. When we discovered this man... we should have pretended that we had not seen him. But now it is too late.” The federal prosecutor told The Jerusalem Post in June that the matter is based on the forgery of a German passport and illicit secret service activity in the Federal Republic. He insisted that the pursuit of the alleged secret service agent is purely a legal matter, and would not identify the agent as Israeli. …
Monday, July 5, 2010
Polish court to decide on Brodsky
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