Can a country commit a crime?

No, it's the government that commits it.

People use the country = government metaphor as a shortcut for communication, but this one takes it further than usual.

> country = government metaphor

This will probably never be particularly useful, but this figure of speech is a "synecdoche" (a "metonymy" instead of a "metaphor")

As long as we’re being pedantic, synecdoche means referring to part as the whole (nice wheels = car, nice threads = clothes).

Saying the US did something when referring to the government is metonymy, but not synecdoche.

A synecdoche can either be when you use a part to represent the whole, or conversely use the whole to represent a part

I think it’s valid to consider the US government a part of the US. Thus, referring to the US government when saying that the US did something is a synecdoche

Extradition by tectonic subduction

spy on law enforcement that spy on your government, seem like a fair game

Does that apply for China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Brazil and so on?

That's how competition works, yes.

This is not about spying, but fighting money laundering, persecuting war criminals, even common crimes.

To spy on law enforcement that is trying to fight crime is not a good thing. Israel is not the world police.