The newest style of 'legend' for Israeli spies: "
Egypt Arrests Israeli Activist Traveling to Gaza"
There is really no reason to believe he was headed to Gaza, as his mission, like 'activist' Ilan
Grapel (and note the laughable Zionist spin at
Wikipedia) before him, appears to be intelligence gathering in Egypt: "
Egypt says pro-Palestinian Israeli arrested after photographing security sites":
"Egyptian security sources told Ynet news late
Monday that Pshenichnikov was caught photographing security
installations, and tried to find information on managers of the Taba
border crossing.
According to Army Radio, he crossed the
Egyptian border illegally last week before being captured and handed
over to Israeli authorities, who detained him, and after several days
released him on condition that he hand over his passports. Pshenichnikov
then jumped the border illegally again and was arrested by Egyptian
authorities."
Now why would a pro-Palestinian activist be photographing security installations, and trying to find information on managers of the Taba border crossing?
The building of the 'legend' as a pro-Palestinian activist is also fishy (my emphasis in ted):
"
The family immigrated to Israel when
Pshenichnikov was 13. Israel grants automatic citizenship to anyone who
is Jewish. He later completed his three years of mandatory military
service,
enlisting as a computer programmer in the army’s signals corps,
and even
served an additional year and a half as a career soldier.
But sometime during his military service, he
began to question Israel’s relationship with the Palestinians. Since
then, he has completely rejected his adopted country. After his service
ended, he moved to the refugee camp in April and worked as a waiter in a
Bethlehem hotel and as a construction worker in Deheishe.
“I hate Zionism … I want to be part of the
Palestinian resistance,” Pshenichnikov told The Associated Press. “I
call for other Israelis who support the existence of a state of
Palestine to do the same, to come live in the West Bank or Gaza as
Palestinians.”
The Palestinians want to make the West Bank
part of an independent state. For the time being, in accordance with
past agreements with Israel, they technically don’t have a Palestinian
citizenship but the self-rule authority issues I.D. residency cards and
Palestinian passports.
Pshenichnikov said he chose to live near
Bethlehem in hopes of taking advantage of his fluency in Russian to
guide Russian tourists in Jesus’ traditional hometown.
Residents say he was initially treated with
suspicion. Many Palestinians suspected him of being an Israeli spy and
Palestinian officials eventually handed him over to Israeli authorities.
But Pshenichnikov remained undeterred, returning to Deheishe where was
apprehended by Palestinian forces and handed over to Israel again.
Israeli police released him under restrictive
conditions and banned him from entering the Palestinian-controlled areas
pending the end of legal proceedings against him.
Tareq Abu Sheikha, who rented Pshenichnikov a room for a month, said he was “suspicious and not honest.”
Abu Sheikha said Pshenichnikov presented
himself as a Russian foreign activist and was even seen throwing stones
at Israeli soldiers during demonstrations. But he was also heard
speaking in Hebrew on his phone and carried his old military I.D. card
with him.
“We don’t have a problem with any Israeli
coming to be one of us. We’ll be honored and give them an I.D. card, but
this young man was suspicious and he lied and that’s why we handed him
to the Israelis,” he said."
Part of his job appears to be investigating the Egyptian jail system, and perhaps contacting other Israeli operatives (my emphasis in red):
"Pshenichnikov was arrested by police while trying to cross the border
into Egypt at the Taba Crossing a week ago, after he had requested to
reach Gaza through Egypt. He was kept in jail for a week, despite the
fact that a court determined there was no cause for his arrest, because
he refused to pay the minimal NIS 300 bail. He was finally released on
Thursday afternoon."
Both Grapel and Pshenichnikov are transparently obvious examples, and I'm sure there are a lot of these 'activists' flying under the radar.