… Polish authorities may deport alleged Israeli spy Uri Brodsky to
Germany this week. … The Brodsky affair has caused friction with two of Israel’s most
important European partners. According to media reports in Germany,
Israel has
turned the diplomatic screws on Poland and Germany to prevent an
extradition of
Brodsky to Germany.
A Polish diplomat told the Warsaw-based Rzeczpospolita daily in June: “If we extradite him, we will anger the Israelis. If we release him, we will anger the Germans.When we discovered this man… we should have pretended that we had not seen him. But now it is too late.”
The federal prosecutor told The Jerusalem Post in June that the matter is based on the forgery of a German passport and illicit secret service activity in the Federal Republic. He insisted that the pursuit of the alleged secret service agent is purely a legal matter, and would not identify the agent as Israeli. …
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