# Israel Beer

> Israel Beer was an Austrian-born Israeli citizen convicted of espionage. On March 31, 1961, Beer, a senior employee in the Israeli Ministry of Defense, was arrested under suspicion of espionage for the Soviet Union. A former lieutenant colonel in the IDF, Beer was a well-known military commentator and an acknowledged expert on military history, and he was employed in a civilian position within the Israeli Ministry of Defense to write a book on the history of the 1947–1949 Palestine war. His true identity, his personal history before emigrating to Palestine, and the circumstances of his recruitment to the KGB, have all remained unknown to this day.

*Austrian-Israeli spy (1912-1966)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Israel
- **Born:** 1912-10-09
- **Died:** 1966-05-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.7 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Беер, Исраэль](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%98%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382322)

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