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| Sa'ar Pushes To Revoke Israeli Citizenship Of Tel Aviv Terrorist |
| 2014-08-06 |
| [Ynet] Terrorist convicted of bus bombing on final day of Pillar of Defense in 2012 got his citizenship as part of family reunification. Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar has submitted a request to Attorney General Yehuda Weinsten to revoke the Israeli citizenship of Muhammad Mafarji, who was convicted of committing the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv in November 2012. Mafarji, from Tayibe, was convicted of 24 counts of murder attempts, committing an act that shows intention to aid the enemy and causing an kaboom, in a bus bombing in Tel Aviv on the final day of Operation Pillar of Defense. Twenty-six people were maimed in the attack, one of them at death's door. Mafarji, who was nabbed Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! by the Shin Bet several days after the attack, received his Israeli citizenship as part of family reunification with his father. The attorney-general's approval is required by law before the request could be transferred to an administrative court in order to revoke the citizenship. In his request to the attorney-general, Sa'ar stated that the terrorist was convicted after admitting to committing a terror act, as is define by law. |
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