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“’Israeli-Arabs planned attack on soldiers’”

SNIPPET: “Two Israeli-Arabs suspected of planning terror attack on soldiers, security guard as part of global jihad movement spearheaded by al-Qaeda; Pair sought to stab IDF soldier near Kfar Qassem in order to nab his weapon, use it to shoot other soldiers”

Efrat Weiss
Published: 12.06.07, 17:50 / Israel News

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Two Israeli-Arabs from Jaljulia, aged 17 and 21, were indicted in a district court in Tel Aviv on Thursday for planning to carry out terrorist attacks as part of al-Qaeda’s calls for worldwide jihad.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “One of the accused, Akrama Jureen, 21, admitted during his interrogation that he was influenced by calls by various Islamic terrorist organizations to take up the cause of worldwide jihad. He claimed to have visited websites that serve as mouthpieces for violent jihadist movements that feature religious leaders connected to al-Qaeda imploring Muslims to carry out jihad.

Jureen allegedly showed the other accused man the videos of Muslim leaders speaking favorably about global jihad in order to convince him to join him in planning terrorist attacks on Israeli soldiers.

The security establishment released a statement saying that “this case demonstrates the ability of ideology of global jihad to penetrate (Israeli society) primarily though the exposure to the various Internet sites (these groups) maintain.

“This ideological penetration is manifested through independent actions and not only helps strengthen the ideology, but also serves as a motive to carry out terrorist attacks.””