 Uriel
Kelman was also a member of the Israeli Defence
Force when he visited New Zealand in February and
March 1999, travelling on a Canadian
passport.
Wellington, NZ, Wednesday, July 21, 2004
 The
Israelis pleaded guilty but denied
they were Mossad agents
Israeli
spy a bugging expert By DEBORAH DIAZ Suspected Israeli spy Uriel
Kelman (left in picture) was employed by
an international consultancy that designs
surveillance systems and listening
devices. He was also a member of the Israeli Defence
Force when he visited New Zealand in February and
March 1999, travelling on a
Canadian passport. He was not discharged
from the army till October that year. Kelman, 31, and his co-defendant, Eli
Cara, 50, were sentenced to six months' prison
last Thursday and ordered to pay $50,000 each to
the Cerebral Palsy Society. They admitted
attempting to get a New Zealand passport in the
name of an Auckland man immobilised by that
condition. The Government says it has strong grounds to
believe the pair worked in intelligence and last
week suspended top-level contact with Israel. Kelman worked for Israel-based YTS Systems
between 1999 and 2002 marketing products and
services in Israel and internationally, according
to a letter from the company provided to the High
Court when he was sentenced last week. YTS advertises anti-terrorism and hi-tech
surveillance services, ranging from risk
assessments to advice on building fitouts. Its website says it has designed security
systems for six embassies of unnamed countries,
with buildings in the United States, Germany and
Africa. Nothing submitted to the court last week gave
any clue as to Kelman's present employer. But,
before his arrest, he told Auckland acquaintances
he was in a similar line of work -- that he was a
bugging specialist contracted to a private security
firm looking at establishing a branch in
Sydney. This would mean Kelman has worked in the
industry since 1999. According to crown evidence at depositions,
Kelman visited New Zealand for two months on a
Canadian passport in February 1999. A discharge certificate supplied to the court at
sentencing shows Kelman left the army in October
that year, after six years' service. The YTS testimonial describes Kelman as an
industrious and loyal employee who demonstrated
creativity and strategic thinking. He was a good
colleague, personally honest, respectful of others
and willing to assist. YTS's website says the company was founded in
1987, and that co-founder and security manager
Tal Berman served in a "top-secret special
intelligence unit of the Israel Defence Forces,
where he was responsible for developing and
constructing smart electronic equipment for special
missions and field operations". According to evidence filed at Auckland District
Court in March, Aucklander Michael Zandvoort
told police he met Kelman in the latter part of
2003, when the Israeli went by the name of
John. John had said he was contracted to a company
dealing with electronic security and bug detection.
He was looking around Sydney to set up a
branch. Meanwhile, a New Zealand news website has
reported that a third Mossad suspect -- Zev
William Barkan, 37 -- who fled New Zealand is
in North Korea. 
New Zealand jails two
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voiced that New Zealand Jews smashed up their
own cemetery-
Two Israelis plead
guilty to trying to acquire a New Zealand
passport | The
spies who stole my name
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Mossad
sending hostile New Zealand Message Via
Asian-Based organisations after arrest of two
agents
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May 19, 2004: BBC
reports that Lebanon smashes Mossad
assassination ring
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May 13, 2004: The
1979 Mossad Assassination attempt on Ambassador
John Dean: Dean papers with full taste of
Mossad's evil opened at Jimmy Carter's
Presidential Library
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May 9, 2004: Israelis
with fake docs arrested in Tennessee, 'how to
fly' leaflet found; were seen to toss something
else out of Ryder truck, FBI called in
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May 1, 2004: Crown
Prince Abdullah says Zionists behind Terror
attacks in Saudi Arabia
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A
history of Mossad's overseas
bungling
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Apr 29 -- May 2004: Secrecy
surrounds two Mossad agents when they reappear
in Auckland court on NZ passport forgery
charges | Police
fear al Qaeda terrorists using NZ passports
following arrest of 2 men in Thailand and
seizure of fake NZ passports | The
two Mossad agents charged with NZ passport
offences photographed in Auckland reporting to
police as part of bail conditions |
Two
men believed by senior Government figures to be
Israeli secret service agents have been arrested
in Auckland trying to obtain a false New Zealand
passport | One
Mossad agent entered NZ on a fake Canadian
passport
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