John Paul Glover, a 42-year-old British subject who has lived in Israel since 1969, was detained here July 17 on charges of spying for Jordan, Israeli authorities disclosed today. He was said to have confessed to maintaining contact with Jordanian intelligence through the Jordanian Embassy in London. Glover was detained in the Arab village of Abou Diss near Jerusalem.
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