The late former minister Rafi Eitan, who was the operator of Jonathan Pollard, reveals in a conversation published tonight that the former prime minister was involved in Pollard’s operation. Barak denies: “I hear this claim for the first time.”
As part of a new series that will be broadcast on “Here 11” and will deal with the Pollard affair, 35 years after he was imprisoned, a recording of the operator of the famous Israeli agent was published tonight (Thursday) on the channel, claiming that former Prime Minister Ehud Barak was involved in Jonathan Pollard.
This is about Rafi Eitan, a member of the Mossad and a former minister, who is no longer alive. The Israeli spy in the United States.
“I’m in a commander’s decision, because he passed vital material on the subject of Arab countries, at that moment in consultation with the then head of the Armed Forces, we decided to continue operating it for at least another six months, even though the indicative signs were that it should actually be frozen immediately. It was actually a census consideration, that is – what is more important, “Eitan said in the recording.
When asked who the commander was, he replied, “A very famous man, Ehud Barak. He asked me to continue operating it because he brought essential material.”
Barak responded: “I hear this claim for the first time. I have often met Rafi and Miriam and I have not heard this claim there either.”
He recounted, “Rafi came to me in the second year, maybe I was the head of the Armed Forces and he was a narrator who brought news. He did not tell how he brought them. I understand today that he may have suspected that I would tell him to stop. “