Spies

US advances nomination of Clayton, Trump's nominee for director of national intelligence

Many senators were eager for Clayton to take up the post because they are unhappy with interim director of national intelligence, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist.

Jay Clayton, US President Donald Trump's nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.
A leafy fig tree, one thing the spies never let themselves taste.

Hiking the Holyland: On Derech Ha’Avot, tasting the sweet fruits the spies failed to see

The US Capitol building is illuminated the night the Senate passed a short-term government funding bill, more than a month into the longest US government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025.

Trump pauses Senate efforts to confirm Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence - report

 The silhouette of a person, with Iran's flag in the background (illustrative).

Israeli man suspected of carrying out missions for Iranian intelligence


Parashat Shelah: Perception vs reality through the story of 12 spies

Just as the perception created by the promoter in Herzl’s story defeated the reality of a mediocre singer, so did the perception created by the 10 spies defeat reality.

 PRESIDENT ZALMAN SHAZAR (R)  (author of the poem ‘Where Are You, Caleb?’) meets with German chancellor Konrad Adenauer (later successor of Otto von Bismarck) in Jerusalem, 1966.

Parashat Shelah: The age of pessimism

Our descent into gloomy pessimism was caused by loss of faith – both in God and in ourselves.

 HALF EMPTY or half full?

Germany's search for new spies curbed by applicants' work-from-home needs

Want to work from home? Being a spy might not be for you, in that case.

 What does it take to be a great spy? (Illustrative)

FBI says it has sabotaged hacking tool created by elite Russian spies

The official identified the FSB hackers behind the malware with a notorious hacking group known as "Turla."

 Cyberattack on a smartphone. Beware of downloading spyware (Illustrative).

Jerusalem dentist convicted for spying for Hezbollah

One Jerusalem resident had reached out to a released terrorist living in Lebanon and sought to work for Hezbollah.

A Hezbollah fighter stands at a watch tower at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border

Netherlands claims Russia is targeting its power infrastructure

Dutch intelligence officials say that Russia is very eager to map out their energy infrastructure in order to be able to sabotage it.

 Offshore windfarm in Denmark

Increase in Iranian global threats, spearheaded by the IRGC

The systematic Iranian threat is much larger and more robust than just one network of spies and agents in one place and another network elsewhere.

 Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna

Five Mossad-affiliated spies arrested in Iran - Iranian media

This is the second network of spies that Iran claims to have arrested this week with the first report coming out on Sunday.

 The Iranian flag flies in front of the IAEA headquarters in Vienna

Iran claims Mossad agents were caught trying to blow up 'sensitive site'

Iranian officials claimed Mossad agents entered the country through the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Picture shows general view of Isfahan (UCF) nuclear power plant (UCF) 295 km from Tehran, March 2005

How to succeed financially: Some discipline, like the spies - opinion

YOUR INVESTMENTS: When it comes to our own financial situation, it’s easy to complain and blame others for our failures. But if you just start and stick to the basic rules, you can succeed.

 Illustrative image of a spy.