Spies

Iran-linked spy suspect arrested near former Israeli prime minister’s home

Vadim Kupriyanov, an Israeli in his 40s, was arrested in December 2025 for allegedly working with Iranian intelligence, carrying out security missions for payment over the past two months.

 Alternate Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives to testify at the commission of inquiry into Nahal Tzafit disaster in Tel Aviv, August 1, 2022
The flags of Israel and Iran

Teen admits to security offenses, being recruited by Iranian handler, in plea deal

An undated handout photo released by the Metropolitan Police shows Howard Phillips, who was jailed on Friday for assisting a foreign intelligence service.

UK Jewish man jailed for offering then-defense minister's information to Russian 'spies'

GRAPES GROW in the Tali Vineyard in Moshav Lachish.

Parashat Ki Tavo: The basket of first fruits


Iranian media falsely claims to have ‘injured’ Israeli in Iraq attacks

Iranian media uses antisemitic tropes of an image of a rabbi to claim that a Kurdish businessman was linked to ‘Mossad.’

 Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022.

UK's MI6 spy tells Russians: join us as agents to end war

"Our door is always open ... Their secrets will be safe with us and together we will work to bring the bloodshed to an end."

 A woman holds a copy of The History of the Secret Intelligence Service for photographs at its launch at the Foreign Office in central London, September 21, 2010.

Wagner revolt in Russia signals a spy recruiting opportunity, CIA says

"That disaffection creates a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us at CIA - at our core a human intelligence service," William Burns said.

 Director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns speaks in Washington, US March 8, 2022

Parashat Shelah: Perception vs reality through the story of 12 spies

Just as the perception created by the promoter in Herzl’s story defeated the reality of a mediocre singer, so did the perception created by the 10 spies defeat reality.

 PRESIDENT ZALMAN SHAZAR (R)  (author of the poem ‘Where Are You, Caleb?’) meets with German chancellor Konrad Adenauer (later successor of Otto von Bismarck) in Jerusalem, 1966.

Parashat Shelah: The age of pessimism

Our descent into gloomy pessimism was caused by loss of faith – both in God and in ourselves.

 HALF EMPTY or half full?

Germany's search for new spies curbed by applicants' work-from-home needs

Want to work from home? Being a spy might not be for you, in that case.

 What does it take to be a great spy? (Illustrative)

FBI says it has sabotaged hacking tool created by elite Russian spies

The official identified the FSB hackers behind the malware with a notorious hacking group known as "Turla."

 Cyberattack on a smartphone. Beware of downloading spyware (Illustrative).

Jerusalem dentist convicted for spying for Hezbollah

One Jerusalem resident had reached out to a released terrorist living in Lebanon and sought to work for Hezbollah.

A Hezbollah fighter stands at a watch tower at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border

Netherlands claims Russia is targeting its power infrastructure

Dutch intelligence officials say that Russia is very eager to map out their energy infrastructure in order to be able to sabotage it.

 Offshore windfarm in Denmark

Increase in Iranian global threats, spearheaded by the IRGC

The systematic Iranian threat is much larger and more robust than just one network of spies and agents in one place and another network elsewhere.

 Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna