Hebrew 101

July 31, 2007 - 4:00 PM by

This is comforting: In the ongoing effort to turn up anti-Israel heat, Iran has begun recruiting Hebrew speakers. Tit for tat, you could say, since Israel recruits Farsi speakers to its intelligence ranks.

According to this YNet story:

The Iranian regime needs Hebrew speakers to work as translators, intelligence agents and as part of its propaganda machine against Israel. The main source of Hebrew speakers is Palestinian students studying abroad or Palestinian terrorists sent for military training in Iran and Lebanon.

One of the most prominent centers for Hebrew studies is located at Iran’s embassy in Beirut, where Hizbullah members learn Hebrew at the Islamic Culture and Education Center….

Meanwhile, in Israel, the Mossad has recently published an ad in the newspaper inviting Farsi speakers to apply for “an interesting, challenging position,” which apparently includes listening in on Iranian transmissions and translating materials published in Iran.

Tags: • Category: Politics, War 

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2 Comments on Hebrew 101

  1. Rogel on Tue, Jul 31st 2007 7:21 PM

    2. Few years ago Israel and Syria realized that it is a waste of money to buy the other country newspapers, for intelligence gathering purposes, at Cyprus and through the UNIFIL forces in the Golan establish a daily transfer of the newspapers.
    Who said that war make sense? :)

  2. Darnell Clayton on Tue, Jul 31st 2007 9:48 PM

    3. You know, they always have those online courses that will teach you Hebrew/Farsi for ten easy payments of $$. ;-)

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