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2023-08-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Israeli Arab teenager indicted for joining Islamic State, planning terror attack
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[IsraelTimes] Hamzeh Abu Zeilah alleged to have begun watching content of terrorist group online, and contacted its members via TikTok
A 19-year-old Arab Israeli was indicted for joining the Islamic State
 ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
organization, officials said Friday.
According to the State Prosecutor’s Office, Hamzeh Abu Zeila, from Rahat, was arrested last month. Following a joint investigation by the police and the Shin Bet, he was indicted for conspiracy to commit a crime, being a member of and recruiting for a terrorist organization, and contacting a foreign agent.
The Bedouin teenager is also accused of trying to recruit others into IS.
Abu Zeila reportedly began watching online content related to IS last year and then swore allegiance to the organization. He then reached out through TikTok to members of the organization abroad who encouraged him to carry out a terror attack against Jews in Israel.
The Bedouin teenager then began praising IS to people around him, and his cousin encouraged him to attack Jews.
IS has recruited members in Israel over the past year. In December, a terrorist responsible for a bombing in Jerusalem was found to be connected to IS; in November, an Israeli Arab teenager was indicted for joining IS and attempting to make a bomb on the organization’s behalf; in October, six men were arrested on for alleged IS ties and for planning to attack a Moslem school in Nazareth.
Last August, three Arab Israelis were arrested for attempting to join the group in Nigeria.
Following a series of terrorist attacks in the beginning of 2022, 43 people in northern Israel were arrested on suspicion of being connected to IS.
Last year, IS called for Arabs in Israel to carry out attacks throughout the country.
When Abu Zaila decided to join ISIS officially, he contacted several ISIS members outside Israel via the internet. In particular, he found them on the organization's TikTok account. They recommended that since he cannot travel to the areas where they are operating, Abu Zaila should carry out an attack within Israel.
The indictment further stated that Abu Zaila expressed an explicit desire to attack Jews during a conversation with his cousin.
He was ultimately charged with contacting a foreign agent, being a member of a terrorist organization and attempt to conspire to commit an act of terrorism.
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