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Israeli Rabbi Blesses Honeytrap Sex For Female Spies
Mossad Agents Can Trade Sex for National Security

By RICHARD ESPOSITO

Oct. 11, 2010

An Israeli rabbi has blessed the use of
female spies in "honeytrap" or "honeypot"
stings against terrorists, according to a study
called "Illicit Sex for the Sake of National
Security."

The ruling by Rabbi Ari Schvat, contained in
a study published by the Zomet Institute,
was first reported by the news agency DPA
and published by Haaretz.com.

Israeli officials confirmed the rabbinical
ruling and the gist of the study for ABC
News.

The Zomet Institute studies the intersection
of religion and modernity. It examined
whether it was acceptable for female agents
of Israel's foreign secret service, Mossad, to
have sex with the enemy in so-called
"honeypot" or "honeytrap" sting missions.

Israeli intelligence has made repeated use of
honeytraps. In 1966, a female Israeli spy
convinced an Iraqi pilot to defect to Israel
with his MIG. Twenty years later, a female M
ossad agent lured Mordechai Vanunu, a
nuclear technician who had revealed details
of Israel's nuclear program, from England to
Italy, where he was abducted and brought
back to Israel.

But according to Haaretz.com, Rabbi Schvat
wrote that honeypot missions are "not just a
thing of modern-day espionage."

In fact, honeypot missions are rooted in
Biblical lore, according to the report. "Queen
Esther, who was Jewish, slept with the
Persian king [Ahasuerus] around 500 BC to
save her people," Schvat noted.

And, the report noted, Yael, wife of Hever,
slept with the enemy chief of staff Sisra to
tire him and cut off his head.

However there is a catch for married
honeypots. "If it is necessary to use a
married woman, it would be best [for] her
husband to divorce her. ... After the [sex]
act, he would be entitled to bring her back,"
Schvat wrote.

"Naturally, a job of that sort could be given
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Mossad Agents Can Trade Sex for National Security
to a woman who in any event is licentious in
her ways."

Rules for male Mossad agents were not
mentioned in the writings.

Schvat's study was praised by Zomet's
director, Rabbi Yisrael Rosen, according to
Haaretz, though Rosen conceded that
"women employees of the Mossad are
probably not going to come consult with a
rabbi" before their missions.



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