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60 years later, spies' lives revealed

In 1952, Shin Bet agents were sent undercover to spy inside Palestinian villages. Keeping their real identities secret, they married Arab women, with whom they had children. Decade later, truth came to light. 'They tried to forget, but never could,' mission leader says

Akiva Novick
Published:    02.20.11, 21:56 / Israel News
   
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mission in France in 1964. This was how they discovered that the fathers of their children were serving in a top secret Israeli unit sent to spy in their villages.

 
Ten Jewish men assimilated into Arab communities in the early 1950s, marrying local women and starting families with them, all the while serving in the Shin Bet as "mistaarvim," (literally, masqueraders) - undercover agents posing as Palestinians.

  

The goal of the unit, which was established in 1952, was to have men on the inside in case a war breaks out, and the Israeli Arabs join the enemy. Shumel Moriah, a senior Shin Bet officer who came to Israel from Iraq, and had plenty of experience smuggling Jews into Israel, led the unit. He recruited 10 other Iraqi-born men for the complex mission.

 

The unit was disbanded over a decade after its establishment, which was when the wives were informed of the deception. Most of them converted and lived in Israel as Jews. Their children were recognized as Jews without undergoing an official conversion procedure.  

 
Double life, cover story

The training process took one year; the men learned the Palestinian dialect, studied the Koran and espionage techniques in an Intelligence Corps base near Ramla. With a new identity and a detailed cover story, they were sent into Palestinian villages and cities. They pretended to be refugees from the 1948 war returning home. Their real families in Israel were kept in the dark about their whereabouts and activities; they were forbidden from trying to discover where their loved ones served.

 
After integrating into Arab life, village elders expected them to find a match, as per tradition. Senior Shin Bet personnel thought that the men should get married for the operation to succeed, but agreed to leave the decision up to the agents. Most of them did marry young Arab women.

 
"Our guys just didn't have a choice," Moriah says. "It seemed suspicious that young vigorous men would stay alone, without a spouse. When we sent them on the mission we didn't order them to marry, but it was clear to both sides that there is such an expectation, and that it would do the job better."

 
Shimon, the brother of one of the agents, Meir Cohen (their real names remain confidential), says that for many years, a Shin Bet representative would arrive on his parents' doorstep to personally give them Meir's paycheck, without giving them any information.

 
"When suddenly everything was revealed, Meir came to me and told me everything," Shimon remembers. "He told me about his cover story and about the double life. We were shocked."

 
Meir was sent to Jaffa, where he worked as a teacher and where he met Leila, a beautiful young Christian Arab with amazing black eyes, Shimon recalls. Meir presented himself as a Muslim. Leila was studying to be a nun when they met; they fell in love and got married. A short while later their son was born.

 
Leila's choice

As time passed, the pressure on the Shin Bet to return the double agents home intensified. It was becoming clear that the intelligence benefits achieved by the mission were marginal. When the Shin Bet decided to dismantle the unit, Moriah was faced with a dilemma: To leave the women and children in the Arab villages, or ask them to convert to Judaism, and raise their children as Jews? The agents themselves refused to leave their families, which is why it was decided resettle the families into Jewish areas.

 
The wives were brought to France, where they were finally told the truth.

 
"Leila realized that she was cheated, and had to undergo psychiatric treatment for a few months," Shimon says. "Only after she recovered Meir presented her with the most difficult choice that exists: To accept him as he is – a Jew and a Shin Bet agent – and raise their son as a Jew, or to leave Israel for any Arab country that she chose."

 
'They tried to forget, but couldn't'

Three rabbis were then brought to the Israeli embassy in Paris, including Chief IDF Rabbi Shlomo Goren, to convert the women to Judaism. Considering the special circumstances, the rabbis ruled that the children can be accepted as Jews even though their mothers were not. Their story was first told in Israel Defense, a magazine edited by Amir Rappaport.

 
Most of the families chose to return to Israel, and began a slow recuperation process.

 
"Once they returned, problems started surfacing" Moriah recalls painfully. "We tried to rehabilitate the people, but we weren't really successful. The agents' kids experienced serious trauma in their childhood. They tried to recover, to forget their past, where they come from, but they couldn't.

 
"A few of the kids succeeded in life, but most of them were left behind. They still suffer from problems

[Manch]

Fascinating story! I think these agents are great Jewish heroes.

[Maccabi]

Sounds very cruel. I wonder what halacha would say about this.

[muman613]

Sounds very cruel. I wonder what halacha would say about this.

I was thinking the very same thing.

The closest thing I can think of, because Purim is coming up, is the story of Esther.

Esther, a Jewess, was required to marry the gentile king Achashveras... According to the Midrash she never consummated her marriage with him {through a sequence of 'miracles'}...

I think that it would be wrong to require them to have intimate relations with non-Jews... But if they wanted to volunteer then maybe it would be OK to allow them in order to save Jewish lives...

http://ohr.edu/ask/ask228.htm

    Dear Rabbi,

    How does one explain the fact that Queen Esther married a non-Jew when it is written that no daughter of Israel shall marry a non-Jew? Furthermore, how does one explain that the Jewish People actually benefited from this "intermarriage?" Many thanks, again. Shalom.

Dear Name@Withheld,

Let me make your question even stronger: The Talmud says that Esther was already married ... to Mordechai! With that in mind, Esther's "marriage" to Achashverosh seems to be an even worse sin than intermarriage.

The answer is that Esther did not marry Achashverosh willingly, she was forced into it. So she is blameless in that regard. Even when she went willingly, since the salvation of the entire Jewish People depended on this, it was permitted.

But your second question is, why did the Jewish People benefit from this mismatch? Why did G-d allow the redemption of the Jews to sprout from Esther's ignominious "marriage" to a drunken, idol-worshipping king?

I think the answer is as follows: The main theme of Purim is that even when we Jews are in exile, G-d directs every aspect of history for our ultimate benefit. Even seemingly bad events further G-d's hidden plan to bring the final redemption.

Sources:

    * Esther 2:8
    * Targum Ibid.
    * Even Haezer 178, Beit Shmuel, Chochmat Shlomo

[muman613]

http://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/628769/jewish/Why-did-Esther-marry-a-non-Jewish-king.htm

Why did Esther marry a non-Jewish king?

By Chana Weisberg

When reading the story of Purim as recorded in the Book of Esther (the Megillah), it is important to understand that the authors had to be extremely careful with their words and account of events—considering that the Jews were still under Persian rule. Undoubtedly, the Persians powers-that-be would get a hold of a copy of the Megillah. As such, many aspects of the Purim story – specifically those that would reflect badly on the king or empire – were included in a very veiled manner. Only in later generations was the full story transcribed in the Talmud, various midrashim, and commentaries.

Esther did not want to be taken to the palace. Not only was she an upright Jewish girl who abhorred the notion of marriage to a Gentile vile king, she was actually already married! The Talmud explains that she was married to Mordechai, her cousin, who was also the greatest sage of that generation.

Every time Esther was taken to Ahasuerus, she was literally taken and forced to be with him. Throughout her "marriage" to Ahasuerus, Esther still remained loyal to her true husband, Mordechai. After leaving Ahasuerus' presence she would immerse in a mikvah and then secretly rendezvous with Mordechai.

So, to get back to your question of how she could marry a non-Jew—it was not her choice, but rather something that she was forced to do. Had she refused to comply with the king's wishes, she would have been put to death. (Remember that Ahasuerus had already ordered his previous wife's execution in a fit of drunken rage.)1

That, in a nutshell, is why she was able to continue living in the palace.

See also Is a Jew required to die rather than disobey a Torah command?

I hope this clarifies the issue,

Chana Weisberg for Chabad.org

[Secularbeliever]

http://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/628769/jewish/Why-did-Esther-marry-a-non-Jewish-king.htm

Why did Esther marry a non-Jewish king?

By Chana Weisberg

When reading the story of Purim as recorded in the Book of Esther (the Megillah), it is important to understand that the authors had to be extremely careful with their words and account of events—considering that the Jews were still under Persian rule. Undoubtedly, the Persians powers-that-be would get a hold of a copy of the Megillah. As such, many aspects of the Purim story – specifically those that would reflect badly on the king or empire – were included in a very veiled manner. Only in later generations was the full story transcribed in the Talmud, various midrashim, and commentaries.

Esther did not want to be taken to the palace. Not only was she an upright Jewish girl who abhorred the notion of marriage to a Gentile vile king, she was actually already married! The Talmud explains that she was married to Mordechai, her cousin, who was also the greatest sage of that generation.

Every time Esther was taken to Ahasuerus, she was literally taken and forced to be with him. Throughout her "marriage" to Ahasuerus, Esther still remained loyal to her true husband, Mordechai. After leaving Ahasuerus' presence she would immerse in a mikvah and then secretly rendezvous with Mordechai.

So, to get back to your question of how she could marry a non-Jew—it was not her choice, but rather something that she was forced to do. Had she refused to comply with the king's wishes, she would have been put to death. (Remember that Ahasuerus had already ordered his previous wife's execution in a fit of drunken rage.)1

That, in a nutshell, is why she was able to continue living in the palace.

See also Is a Jew required to die rather than disobey a Torah command?

I hope this clarifies the issue,

Chana Weisberg for Chabad.org

I thought the Persian king sampled virgins to choose a queen.  If Esther was married how did she get included in that group?

[Maccabi]

It's not that I have a problem being harsh to enemies of Israel, or even necessarily with them having intercourse with non-Jews (Jews may take war brides if the women convert, even though it is undesirable and produces problems as evidenced by the story of David's son Absalom)...but bringing children into the world and raising them under false pretenses...and then trying to give them 'counseling'...that's sad.

[muman613]

I thought the Persian king sampled virgins to choose a queen.  If Esther was married how did she get included in that group?

Read this for a little better understanding :

http://www.vbm-torah.org/archive/ester/05ester.htm