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2025-12-04 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Bat Yam mayor says Iranian agents openly trying to recruit Israelis as spies, including teens
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[IsraelTimes] Iranian intelligence agents have stepped up their efforts to recruit Israelis as spies since the war between the countries in June, and have tried to draw in youths, Bat Yam’s mayor says in an interview.
Speaking to Channel 12, Mayor Tzvika Brot claims that millions of Israelis, himself included, have received texts from Iranian agents recently, as Tehran attempts to recruit as many spies as possible into its network. The recruitment texts "don’t hide" and plainly state that the senders are Iranian agents seeking to pay Israelis to carry out espionage missions, he claims.
In recent weeks, the Shin Bet has reached out to Bat Yam and other municipalities in order to enlist their help in curbing the Iranian espionage phenomenon. The joint effort is aimed at appealing to the dozens, if not hundreds, of Israelis who have made contact with Iranian agents, either from a lack of understanding or to earn extra money, Brot says.
"The amazing thing that we’ve seen in recent weeks is that a very shocking number of Israelis... clicked on those links and made contact with the Iranians," Brot says, adding that "on the fringe, there is a small number of people who are truly Iranian spies, possibly for ideological reasons," but the "decisive majority" are regular citizens.
Brot claims that in an esteemed high school in one of the cities that implemented the initiative, a double-digit number of students admitted to having made contact with Iranians online. Mayors in several cities are currently spearheading a new initiative to raise awareness among students in a bid to prevent them from falling into the Iranian espionage trap.
Last night, the mayor appealed to Bat Yam’s residents in a video message, urging those who have made contact with or know others who have made contact with Iranian agents to come forth. He tells the outlet that within 24 hours of the clip’s publication, 10 people reached out to the municipality with such admissions.
He says his goal is not only to protect Israel’s national security, "but to keep so many Israelis from getting an indictment on perhaps the most serious offense in the books."
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