Avraham Sinai

Avraham Sinai (Hebrew: אברהם סיני; born December 15th 1962) is a former Hezbollah member who spied for Israel. Originally named Ibrahim Yassin (Arabic: إبراهيم ياسين), he fled from Lebanon to Israel in 1997 and later converted from Shia Islam to Judaism.

Sinai in 2018

Biography

In 1997 Sinai fled Lebanon, settling in Safed with his wife and seven children. After attending synagogue services on Yom Kippur in 2000, he decided to become a Jew. After years of study, he was converted by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, chief rabbi of Safed.[1]

Sinai is the author of A Martyr from Lebanon: Life in the Shadow of Danger, which describes some of his experiences.[2]

References
  1. "The Muslim Spy who Became a Jew". The Israel Wire. 2014-08-18. Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  2. Avni, Idan (2006-09-14). "A righteous man from Hizbullah land". YNetNews. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
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