A PA (Palestinian Authority) media agency in Ramallah has reported that a former senior aide to PA Chief Negotiator Dr. Saeb Erekat was passing classified information to Israel. While there is no official Israeli comment on the report at this time, Erekat is quoted confirming the report. He points out however this was not his bureau chief was some erroneously reports, adding his bureau chief is female and the person taken into custody here is a male.

The report stated the senior PA officials was sending information to Israel for two decades. A number of experts in Israel explain the report is a modest news item at best, for “countries are always spying on one another as Israel also does and this find was not one that led to the release of major information”.

The suspect according to the report remains in custody of the PA security service.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

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