An Israeli Jew, Jacob Zimmerman, 19, surrendered to police today, confessing that he had several times crossed into Jordan on espionage assignments for the Jordanian intelligence. He confessed that he had crossed into Jordan on various occasions, returning each time with money and instructions for material required by the Jordanian intelligence.
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