Ehud "Udi" Adiv is an Israeli political scientist.
16 Facts About Ehud Adiv
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Ehud Adiv was a lecturer at the Open University of Israel.
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Ehud "Udi" Adiv was born and raised on Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, one of four children born to Uriel and Tova Adiv.
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Ehud Adiv was conscripted into the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Paratroopers Brigade.
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Ehud Adiv was among the soldiers who fought in the battle for Jerusalem.
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Ehud Adiv became disillusioned and politically radicalized by his wartime experiences.
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Ehud Adiv was a member of the Matzpen offshoot Ma'avak and the Revolutionary Communist Alliance - Red Front, itself an offshoot of Ma'avak.
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Ehud Adiv established contact with Syrian intelligence, and met Habib Kawahji, a former Israeli-Arab who had emigrated from Israel after serving prison time for anti-Israeli Arab nationalist activities, and who was believed to be working for Arab intelligence agencies, in Athens.
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Ehud Adiv was accused of having met with Syrian intelligence agents, and allegedly giving them information about Israeli society, military bases, and recruitment codes among other things, as well as allegedly undergoing sabotage training before travelling back to Israel.
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The Israeli internal security service, Shin Bet, discovered this, and the cell's members, including Ehud Adiv, were arrested in December 1972.
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Ehud Adiv, who had refused to express remorse for his actions, was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
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Ehud Adiv was mentioned by Yasser Arafat in his "Gun and the Olive Branch" speech before the United Nations General Assembly in 1974.
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In 1975, while still imprisoned, Ehud Adiv married Sylvia Klingberg, the daughter of Marcus Klingberg, who would later be arrested and convicted for passing Israeli biological warfare secrets to the Soviet Union.
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In May 1985, after more than twelve years in prison, Ehud Adiv was released from prison under restrictive conditions as part of the Jibril Agreement.
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Ehud Adiv was then appointed as a lecturer of political science in the Open University of Israel.
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Ehud Adiv was accepted as a teacher at the Arab-Palestinian Film School in Nazareth.