Back to category: History Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. war with iraq April 3, 2003 ISA-Israel Police Uncover Israeli Arab Islamic Jihad Cell (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) A three-member cell of Israeli Arabs from Kafr Manda, who intended to perpetrate terrorist acts in northern Israel on behalf of Islamic Jihad, was recently uncovered after an expedited ISA-Israel Police investigation that was carried out in the past few weeks; Mahmoud Abdel Khalim, Ibrahim Abdel Khamid, and Muhammad Abdel Khamid were arrested on March 17, 2003. The three men have confessed to establishing their cell in early March 2003, with Khalim taking the initiative. Khalim's first contacts with Islamic Jihad terrorists took place last November while he was participating in an organized Israeli Arab pilgrimage to Mecca. It should be pointed out that terrorist organizations exploit the departure of Israeli Arabs to Mecca in fulfillment of religious precepts in order to recruit them for acts of terrorism against Israel. While in Mecca, Khalim met an... Posted by: Rheannon Androckitis Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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