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The revelations were im- mediately splashed across the front page of the after- noon tabloid Yediot Achronot, which was in- strumental in getting the court to declassify the case. Mr. Avni's story had been only hinted at in previous publications, including the diary of the late Moshe Sharett, Israel's first foreign minister. . Mr. Avni served 10 years of a 14-year prison sentence and has since led an uneventful life practicing psychology. The revelations allowed Issar Harel, retired chief of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, who first confronted the spy, to com- ment on the case. According to Mr. Harel, Mr. Avni acted not for monetary gain but out of ideological convic- tions. "Basically he was an hon- est man, a real gentleman," Mr. Harel said. "He changed his attitude and did not ask to receive privileges in prison. He had become an real Israeli patriot." Mr. Avni was born in Riga, Latvia, and during World War joined a Soviet spy ring aimed at the Nazis. After the war, the Soviets planted him in Israel as a "mole," the term for a spy who is a member of the organization he is spying on. Mr. Avni joined the foreign service and rose rapidly, serving as economic attache at the Israeli embassies in Brussels, Athens and Belgrade. As a high-ranking diplo- mat, he "had access to the most sensitive secrets, which he gave the Russians," Mr. Harel said. In Brussels, Mr. Avni had entree to the embassy cipher room and was able to provide his Soviet handlers with Israeli codes with which they could decipher top- secret communications with Jerusalem. He acted not out of greed but from the conviction of a "devoted Communist," Mr. Harel said. "I don't think he meant to harm Israel. He had the absurd Communist perception that he was serv- ing some noble doctrines he thought right, morally and historically." Mr. Avni's downfall came after four years. Mr. Harel and Amos Manor, then head of the Shin Bet internal security agency, told him they knew he was a Soviet spy. After an initial denial, he confessed all and coop- erated. According to Mr. Harel, Mr. Avni was supplied with newspapers and periodicals while in prison and grad- ually became disillusioned with communism. "He slowly realized how wrong he was. He tried to repair some of the damage he had caused," the former Mossad chief said. The daily Ma'ariv reported that after Mr. Avni left prison, the Defense Ministry employed him as a psychologist to counsel settlers forced to evacuate Ophira, in southern Sinai, when the peninsula was handed back to Egypt. He and his wife lived on Kibbutz Mishmarot, near Pardes Hanna, until recent- ly, when the family moved to a village near Hadera. Israel Tourism Takes Off New York (JTA) — The explosion of the Persian Gulf war in January nearly brought Israeli tourism to a halt. Although El Al forecasts do not yet show an increased number of tourists to Israel this summer, the increasing popularity of late bookings has made such forecasts in- creasingly unrealiable. El Al, Israel's national airline, was the only airline to maintain regular flights to Israel during the Persian Gulf war, underscoring the airline's commitment to maintaining a consistent schedule of flights to Israel despite potential losses. Immediately after the war, the freighters were con- verted back into passenger planes to cope with the overwhelming demand for Passover flights to Israel. In anticipation of the busy summer tourist season, El Al is offering its passenger various deals and bonuses. Its frequent flyer program, however, is relatively weak.