Aharon Cohen, Mapam leader, author and Arab expert who is under arrest on suspicion of having committed espionage and passed on information to a foreign country, has been remanded until Friday while the Attorney General of Israel continues to study the evidence before deciding whether Mr. Cohen shall be indicted. This is the third time that Mr. Cohen has been remanded, it was learned.
It is understood that Mr. Cohen’s arrest came after months of investigation and police surveillance of his home and the kibbutz in which he lives and works, Shaar Haamakin. Meetings between Mr. Cohen and foreign agents were said to have occurred in the area, and incriminating material was alleged to have been found in his home.
A long-time student of Arab affairs and an advocate of a bi-national state in Palestine, Mr. Cohen testified in behalf of an Arab-Jewish joint state at the hearings of the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on Palestine which preceded formation of the State of Israel.
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