he saw Nafsu going to bed with a PLO member as well as a Lebanese
Christian. The implication was that Nafsu was homosexual, and on that
account had been blackmailed by the Palestinians to spy for the PLO.
His own confession was held against him, too. After more than seven
years in prison, Nafsu was acquitted by the Israeli Supreme Court of the
charges of treason and espionage. The only charge remaining against
him was not reporting to his commanders his meeting with PLO mem-
bers in Lebanon. He was sentenced for this charge to two years’ im-
prisonment and was released at once for time already served. Nafsu was
promoted to sergeant and paid the salary due since the day of his arrest.NA’IM, YA’ACOV ELI (1932–?).A Jew born in Tripoli, Libya, Na’im
and his family fled to Egypt during World War II. In 1951 he was re-
cruited by Major Avraham Darof Unit 131to the Cairo cell of the
Jewish espionage network in Egypt. His rented apartment became a
meeting place for the Cairo cell members. Na’im was arrested to-
gether with the rest of the members of the network after the Bad
Business. He was tried and acquitted.NASSER, KAMAL.The official spokesman of the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization, Nasser was killed on 9 April 1973 in the Spring of
Youth Operationfor his part in the Munich massacre.NATHANSON, PHILIP HERMANN (1933–2004).An Egyptian-born
Jew with an Austrian Jewish father who had settled in Alexandria in
1920, Nathanson was recruited by Major Avraham Darof Unit 131
to the Alexandria cell of the Jewish espionage network in Egypt. He
participated in the network’s mission of planting an explosive device
in the Rio Cinema in Cairo. He was arrested together with other mem-
bers of the espionage network after the Bad Business. Nathanson was
tried and sentenced to life imprisonment. After 14 years in jail, in a
prisoner exchange following the 1967 Six-Day War, Nathanson and
other network prisoners were released and allowed to go to Europe.
Then they made their way to Israel. He recently died from cancer.NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (NSC). Benjamin Netanyahu’s
proposal to establish a National Security Council was passed unani-
mously by the Israel government, approved by the prime minister,
and established by Resolution 4889 on 7 March 1999. The NSC’s198 • NA’IM, YA’ACOV ELI06-102 (03) H-P.qxd 3/24/06 7:25 AM Page 198