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7 Israeli Arabs chraged over links to Islamic State group

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ISIS fighters 2Israel charged seven Israeli Arabs with having ties to the Islamic State terrorist group, Reuters reported Sunday, citing state security officials in the country. The men constituted the first Islamic State cell detected in Israel, according to the state’s Shin Bet security agency.

The seven men were arrested in November and December and indicted Sunday in Haifa. Their charges include membership in an illegal organization, aiding terrorism and making efforts to contact a foreign agent – the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, which has been waging a jihadist campaign throughout Iraq and Syria.

One of the seven men indicted on Sunday, 39-year-old Adnan Jamil Ala a-Din, had declared himself the “Islamic State chief of staff in Palestine,” according to local reports. Two others were brothers, and another was their cousin, according to court documents released Sunday. The men reportedly slaughtered animals at a farm in Galilee, in northern Israel, as preparation for killing “infidels” in Syria, Shin Bet said in a statement.

Adnan Jamil Ala a-Din
Adnan Jamil Ala a-Din

Officials said the suspects held several clandestine meetings with a sheikh connected to the Salafist jihadist movement. “The meetings with the sheikh, which focused on religious studies, featured preaching and persuasion to believe in the jihadist path,” the Shin Bet statement said, according to Haaretz.

Lawyers representing the seven men denied the charges, according to Reuters, saying the men were not a security threat to Israel and were being targeted for their religion. Following the indictments, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said the charges demonstrated that “some Israeli Arabs belong in the Palestinian Authority, not Israel,” and that “some of them belong in Syria,” according to the Jerusalem Post.

Israeli forces also arrested an eighth Israeli Arab who was allegedly planning to fight in Syria on behalf of ISIS, according to multiple reports. Officials said they estimated around 30 known Israeli Arabs had traveled to Syria to fight with jihadist groups, including the Islamic State group.

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25 responses to “7 Israeli Arabs chraged over links to Islamic State group”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Months later, sometimes they tell us what they do.

    1. doron Avatar
      doron

      state security is more important then the public’s right to know 5th.
      it’s important they uncover the entire network infrastructure and the best way to do it is secretly.
      we can live with that

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        Yes, yes … the old ‘Spy VS Spy’ stuff. Old as the hills. But months ??
        I guess none of them had ‘other’ family. No-one knew they were all missing. Right?

        Lieberman’s ‘demonstration’ falls a little flat, since we all know the methods of extracting ‘information’ from each other’s Bad Guys …. although their impromptu abattoir setting was probably not up to standards – something like the ones in Lebanon.
        I suppose We CAN believe it wasn’t a pig farm, at least. ;-))

        If you saw the “Islamic State chief of staff” speaking in Belgium, all you had to do was ask with a camera pointed at them. They ‘Believe’. :-)))

        1. doron Avatar
          doron

          could be lots of reasons- could be they were waiting for a contact to surf…could be someone went on vacation and forgot to send them memo 🙂 idk
          maybe they are arrogant in Belgium where they feel they own the place but here they are more careful, which only seems reasonable cause here it’s a crime and terror group while in Belgium it’s freedom of speech and charity .they don’t have the guts to call the child in his name back in Europe- it’s still “fanatic terror” and not Muslim terror on the news
          either way, i’d be more then ok not knowing everything that goes on when i know it helps keep the loonies away

          1. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            As long as those truths come out in History at some point …. right.

          2. 5thDrawer Avatar
            5thDrawer

            Your ‘MoneyMen’ are sure screwing MY Loonies.

  2. TheUSequalsTheIS Avatar
    TheUSequalsTheIS

    why nobody charges the israeli regime for its links to the ISIS?

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