1.   At the time of his arrest Azzam was employed as a technical consultant for the Israeli textile company Tefron.

2.   Israeli textile firm Delta Galil Industries has already begun a joint venture to produce yarn in India.

3.   The dozen or so joint ventures that have been formed, mostly Israeli textile operations in the north, have been doing well.

4.   The Israeli textile executive echoes those sentiments.

5.   He said that Azzam, a father of four from Kfar Mehar in the Galilee region, worked in Egypt for the Israeli textile firm Tefron as a technician.

6.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to assure Egypt in January that Azzam, who worked for an Israeli textile company in Egypt, was not a Mossad agent.

7.   An Israeli textile firm, Delta-Galil, has also set up a factory in Egypt to make underwear.

8.   Azzam was sent to Egypt to work for an Israeli textile company, according to the investigation.

9.   Azzam, who was working for the Israeli textile firm Tifon here at the time of his arrest, has denied the allegations levelled against him.

10.   Azzam, who worked at the Cairo plant of an Israeli textile firm, was arrested shortly before the opening in the Egyptian capital of a regional economic conference.