Why did Israeli spies build a fake beach resort? - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Arous was an idyllic holiday resort on Sudan’s Red Sea coast, a slice of paradise offering an escape to up to 30 scuba-diving tourists in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But it held a secret, one so outlandish it’s just been made into a Netflix movie. The BBC news website’s Middle East Editor Raffi Berg tells us a tale of espionage, exodus and wind-surfing.


Producer: Harriet NobleMixed by Weidong Lin
Editor: John Shields

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