Israel announced Monday it had outlawed a Paleostinian group it said acted as a front for Iran-directed terror activities targeting Israelis and the regime of Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
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Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman signed the order outlawing Al-Hirak Al-Shabaab
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i ("The Youth Movement") at the recommendation of the Shin Bet internal security agency, a ministry statement read.
The decision followed "significant information indicating that the group is directed by Hezbollah and Iran to carry out attacks against Israelis, and ignite a wave of violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem at Israel and the Paleostinian Authority," it read.
While the group claimed to be a collective of youths seeking to change the situation in the West Bank through civil activity, it was in fact "a terror group headed by two opponents of the Paleostinian Authority," the statement read.
The Defense Ministry named them as Munir Asli, living in Leb, and Hilmi Balbisi, living in Jordan. It said they are "directed and funded by Hezbollah and Iran," which have both transferred "hundreds of thousands of shekels" over the past two years to fund the group’s activities.
Members of Al-Hirak Al-Shabaabi were engaged in Molotov cocktailing and bombing attacks on Israeli targets in the West Bank and Jerusalem, as well as stirring unrest on the volatile Temple Mount compound in the city, the ministry said.
The group’s goals included "toppling the regime of [Abbas] and collapsing the Paleostinian Authority."
"Exposing the organization, the extent of its activity and true goals shows once again the efforts of Iran and Hezbollah to advance terror activity against Israel," the ministry statement read.