Some former Members of Knesset were KGB agents, Yediot Achronot is reporting after obtaining documents from the �Mitrokhin Archive�. According to the report, the agents were successful in infiltrating the Knesset and other sensitive positions including the IDF General Staff. One name reported is Eliezer Granot, who was a member of the former Mapam party.

Another KGB agent infiltrated the defense establishment, a member of the team involved in the development of Israel�s Lavi fighter plane and yet another was involved in the development of the Merkava tank. Yediot adds that an agent code-named �Mekinka� was operating in the Shin Bet and perhaps the most startling revelation is that in 1993, British authorities in possession of the Mitrokhin papers informed Israel a member of the General Staff was a KGB agent.

Preferring not to have the name of the major-general publicized and to avoid a most embarrassing situation, criminal charges were not filed against the high-ranking officer/spy.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)