Mossad Cut Deal with New Zealand Government to Secure Early Release of Operatives
September 1st, 2011Via: New Zealand Herald:
Israeli spies convicted of trying to obtain false passports got off lightly in exchange for the return of several more illegally obtained New Zealand passports, Nicky Hagar’s book claims.
Other People’s Wars, was released yesterday and investigates New Zealand’s role in the “war on terror”.
The book claims that after the September 11 attacks, the Security Intelligence Service aligned its focus with US interests, concentrating on people like Ahmed Zaoui while oblivious to the Mossad operation.
Elisha Cara and Uriel Kelman were trying to obtain false passports, which Mossad agents have used to enter other countries and carry out missions, including assassinations.
Mr Hager’s book says the Mossad mission was exactly what the SIS should have been investigating, but it was uncovered by an immigration official in 2004.
The Government at the time won a secret settlement, according to Mr Hager’s sources.
“The most important part of the settlement was that the Israeli Government had returned several illegally obtained passports that had been obtained by Cara and his colleagues,” the book says.
Cara and Kelman were convicted of passport fraud and served half of their six-month sentences.
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