Australian Defense Force Officer Loses Security Clearance Over "Loyalty To Israel"

An Australian Defense Force officer was stripped of his security clearance after hiding his ties to the Jewish state and telling investigators that "Judaism mandates the loyalty of a Jew to his people and to the Land of Israel."

From The Guardian, "Australian defence force officer stripped of security clearance over loyalty to Israel":
An officer in the Australian army has been stripped of his security clearance because Asio believes he is more loyal to Israel than Australia, and at risk of being exploited by the Mossad.

The man told Asio interviewers he did not view Israel as a foreign government and that he would share classified information with the Israel Defense Forces if they asked for it.

Asio said the officer, who is Jewish and served 19 years in the Australian military, withheld information from Australian officials about training courses he had undertaken in Israel – where he is not a citizen – which included self-defence, security and firearms training.

In a decision published by the administrative review tribunal last week, Asio said the officer, anonymised as HWMW in tribunal documents, was not of "appropriate character and trustworthiness to hold any security clearance".

"HWMW is vulnerable to influence or coercion to enable acts of espionage or foreign interference by Israeli Intelligence Services due to his loyalty to Israel," the tribunal found.