Azzam Azzam

Azzam Azzam (Arabic: عزام عزام, Levantine Arabic: [ʕazˈzaːm ʕazˈzaːm], Hebrew: עזאם עזאם; born 1962) is an Israeli Druze who was convicted in Egypt of spying for Israel, and jailed for eight years.

As part of his work for Tefron, he made trips to Egypt to visit local factories which were subcontractors of the company.

[2] The trial opened on April 24, 1997, but was postponed until May 18, when it was discovered that the lawyer for his Egyptian co-defendant, Emad Abdel-Hamid Ismail, was not present.

[3] After Shabak (Israel's internal security agency) head Avi Dichter had negotiated with his Egyptian counterparts, Azzam was released on December 5, 2004.

In return, Israel freed six jailed Egyptian students who were accused of planning terrorist attacks.

"[4] An official Israeli government press release stated, Azzam returned to his home village of Maghar.