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He said he felt he had "an obligation as a Jew" toward Israel.
He also insisted the information passed to Israeli authorities also be transmitted to the Danish authorities.
Pundik at the time was reporting both for the newspaper Information and for Danish public radio, according to Information.dk.
He reportedly quit his spying activities in early 1970 -- the year he became Politiken's editor-in-chief. He stepped down in 1993.
Pundik's old newspapers offered mixed reactions to the news.
"Working for intelligence services is totally incompatible with the profession of journalist," Information's editor-in-chief Palle Weis was quoted as saying.
But Politiken's chief editor, Toger Seidenfaden, was quoted as saying: "I can understand that Pundik, as an Israeli citizen, wanted to help the young and fragile state of Israel."
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He also insisted the information passed to Israeli authorities also be transmitted to the Danish authorities.
Pundik at the time was reporting both for the newspaper Information and for Danish public radio, according to Information.dk.
He reportedly quit his spying activities in early 1970 -- the year he became Politiken's editor-in-chief. He stepped down in 1993.
Pundik's old newspapers offered mixed reactions to the news.
"Working for intelligence services is totally incompatible with the profession of journalist," Information's editor-in-chief Palle Weis was quoted as saying.
But Politiken's chief editor, Toger Seidenfaden, was quoted as saying: "I can understand that Pundik, as an Israeli citizen, wanted to help the young and fragile state of Israel."
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