 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2016) |
Israel Beer | |
|---|---|
 Beer (center), outside the courthouse and flanked by police officers, during the time of his trial in 1961 | |
| Born | 1912 |
| Died | 1966 (aged 53–54) |
| Burial place | South Cemetery (Israel) |
Israel Beer (also spelled Yisrael Bar,[1] also known as Captain José Gregorio, 9 October 1912 – 1 May 1966) was an Austrian-born Israeli citizen convicted of espionage. On March 31, 1961, Beer, a senior employee in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, was arrested under suspicion of espionage for the Soviet Union. A former lieutenant colonel in the IDF, Beer was a well-known military commentator and an acknowledged expert on military history, and he was employed in a civilian position within the Israeli Ministry of Defense to write a book on the history of the 1947–1949 Palestine war.[1] His true identity, his personal history before emigrating to Palestine, and the circumstances of his recruitment to the KGB (which he never admitted), have all remained unknown to this day.[2]
- ^ a b "Yisrael Bar". Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
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