Israeli-Canadian professor accused of spying released

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A former University of Toronto geography professor who was arrested in Israel earlier this month has been released from custody, his lawyer said Sunday.

Ghazi Falah, a Palestinian with dual Israel-Canadian citizenship and who now works at the University of Akron in Ohio, is to return to the United States soon, his family said.

He was accused of taking pictures of military installations along Israel's northern border with Lebanon on July 8, during a visit to a beach. Israeli authorities alleged he was spying for Hezbollah, but never charged him.

Falah had been in Israel to visit his sick mother near Nazareth, according to his son, Suhaib Falah, who lives in Toronto.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/07/30/falah.html