Spymaster of the Elders of Zion Party Positioned for Cabinet Post

At first, I was happy to hear that the Pensioners’ Party had done so surprisingly well. I thought this indicated the respect young Israelis had for the elderly, even if their support was motivated as a protest vote, and even a joke.

But I had no idea how treacherous the leader of these alterkackers was.

The Forward reports,

Rafi Eitan, a legendary former Mossad agent who was named an un-indicted co-conspirator in the 1986 case that ended with Pollard’s pleading guilty to espionage, led the new party to an impressive showing in Tuesday’s elections. With seven seats, the party is almost certain to become a key partner in Israel’s incoming coalition, making Eitan a candidate to be in Ehud Olmert’s next Cabinet….As a co-conspirator in the Pollard affair, Eitan cannot enter the United States. That causes him “very little damage,” he dismissively said in a recent interview with the local Tel Aviv weekly Tsfon Ha’Ir.

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