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A suspected member of a Neo-Nazi cell in Petah Tikva being brought to court. (Moti Kimche)
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Israeli neo-Nazis charged with racial assaults and incitement
By Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz Correspondent

State prosecutors on Tuesday indicted eight members of a suspected Israeli neo-Nazi cell for a number of racially-motivated aggravated assaults, conspiring to commit a crime and distributing materials to incite.

Charges against the suspects arrested in the central town of Petah Tikva Sunday include possession of racist materials and illegal weapons, as well as issuing threats. Alleged ring leader Arik (Eli) Bunyatov was also indicted for assault and battery.

According to the indictment, the eight defendants -mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Union- were led by Bunyatov and perpetrated hate crimes against Asians, religious Jews, drug addicts and homosexuals. Three of the suspects are minors.

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The indictment also accuses Bunyatov of preaching neo-Nazi ideology to the other members, who are accused of recording their crimes on video and uploading them to the mainstream video-sharing Web site YouTube and to racist video-sharing sites.

Quotes from conversations Bunyatov allegedly had over the Internet with neo-Nazi activists abroad are included in the indictment. The prosecution says the material was recovered from Bunyatov's personal computer after his arrest. "Neo-Nazism isn't something you can walk away from once you get into it," the indictment quotes Bunyatov as saying in a correspondence with a fellow believer in the Aryan cause. "Problem is, we can't really fight for the cause in this country because it belong to the Jews," Bunyatov is quoted as saying.

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  1.   Send them back to Russia! 05:30  |  Larry 12/09/07
  2.   He`s right 05:43  |  Gili 12/09/07
  3.   Numb idiots, Germans arent Ariyans. What is it with this myth? 07:16  |  Doron Katz 12/09/07
  4.   THE TRUTH 07:30  |  L A 12/09/07
  5.   History Lesson 08:40  |  David 12/09/07
  6.   And one more thing 08:49  |  David 12/09/07
  7.   Aryans 09:15  |  asdfas 12/09/07
  8.   Israeli Home Grown Nazi`s 09:59  |  mARK BLUMBERG 12/09/07
  9.   to absolute Sweden 10:26  |  dovale 12/09/07
  10.   serious jailtime. 10:31  |  konrad 12/09/07
  11.   #2 Not enough 10:34  |  Citizen 12/09/07
  12.   to no 3 11:42  |  django 12/09/07
  13.   a country as any other one 12:39  |  serge 12/09/07
  14.   Django..knowledge is a Joke to you? 12:44  |  Maimon 12/09/07
  15.   to maimon 13:23  |  django 12/09/07
  16.   THE TRUTH? 13:48  |  Michael 12/09/07
  17.   #11 you are not a higher kind of being 13:56  |  Alex 12/09/07
  18.   to Larry of Portland 14:00  |  the pope 12/09/07
  19.   LOL i guess you are all nuts here 14:06  |  the pope 12/09/07
  20.   #19 - most likely they are double citizens 14:58  |  Yael G 12/09/07
  21.   They are not Nazis but only morons 15:03  |  Alex 12/09/07
  22.   Revamp the hiring standards from the top 15:09  |  observation 12/09/07
  23.   Securtiy hazards from top 15:10  |  tony 12/09/07
  24.   Figure it out it`s easy 15:14  |  he who hopes 12/09/07
  25.   Give them severe sentences with no patol. Then deport. Families 15:33  |  Vittorio 12/09/07
  26.   They Have To Be REALLY Dumb 15:41  |  Bill Foonman 12/09/07
  27.   #16 It is true and I have worst tales to tell 15:57  |  L A 12/09/07
  28.   What will they get? 16:15  |  Devin 12/09/07
  29.   To No 18 16:21  |  Nora 12/09/07
  30.   LA - bullying and harrassment 16:54  |  Avrum 12/09/07
  31.   they probably lost their original citizenship ... 17:10  |  redmike 12/09/07
  32.   Israeli Neonazis. I`m waiting for Black KKK members (Chapelle) 17:27  |  nate 12/09/07
  33.   re 31 17:40  |  Devin 12/09/07
  34.   If these Nazis were Islamists, Israel would fund their schools! 18:42  |  Hal 12/09/07
  35.   Deport traitors against the Jewish nation-state to Gaza 18:45  |  Joe 12/09/07
  36.   Amazing recycling of the "Aryan" myth 18:51  |  Jake 12/09/07
  37.   send them to live for five years in mea shearim 19:02  |  abe 12/09/07
  38.   #8 Mark Blumberg 19:05  |  Labhras 12/09/07
  39.   THE NEO-NAZIS 19:36  |  JOJO 12/09/07
  40.   Recycling of the "Aryan" myth 20:32  |  Jake 12/09/07
  41.   To the Pope # 18 20:35  |  Larry 12/09/07
  42.   Larry #36 21:08  |  Michael 12/09/07
  43.   #41 Larry in Oregon 21:18  |  Labhras 12/09/07
  44.   Labhras the Hypocrite 21:26  |  Danite 12/09/07
  45.   #32: Where have you been? 21:54  |  Levy 12/09/07
  46.   If only... 21:55  |  Chanalau Tova 12/09/07
  47.   Put them in jail...them deport then. 21:56  |  Rafael Seabra 12/09/07
  48.   Pork addiction? hehe 21:59  |  not addicted 12/09/07
  49.   Chanalau Tova, #46, would you care to explain? 22:16  |  Jake 12/09/07
  50.   #27: Disrespect begets disrespect 22:30  |  Citizen 12/09/07
  51.   Food for thought.. 22:35  |  Rami 12/09/07
  52.   #43 Danite 22:35  |  Labhras 12/09/07
  53.   Welcoming Nazis - Jewish identity 22:38  |  Nicolas from Paris 12/09/07
  54.   To Rami 23:15  |  Jake 12/09/07
  55.   There is no use in sending them back 00:11  |  Edith 13/09/07
  56.   # 4 LA plausible 00:19  |  Edith 13/09/07
  57.   To the pope #18 00:44  |  Marcin 13/09/07
  58.   Tatoo these nazis on the inside of their arms 00:57  |  Don Saar 13/09/07
  59.   If they were smart they would have targeted Arabs... 01:05  |  peacelover 13/09/07
  60.   An Equal Crime.. 06:17  |  PAUL 13/09/07
  61.   #59 Peacelover 06:19  |  Iamashamed 13/09/07
  62.   Labhras still is a hypocrite 06:45  |  Danite 13/09/07
  63.   Labhras... 06:50  |  Silvienne 13/09/07
  64.   Re: #50: Disrespect begets disrespect 07:09  |  Alex 13/09/07
  65.   #8 Israeli home grown Nazi`s 08:54  |  We`reallhuman 13/09/07
  66.   To Jake Aryan 08:54  |  asdfas 13/09/07
  67.   To Jake Aryan 09:01  |  asdfas 13/09/07
  68.   To Jake Aryan part 3 09:07  |  asdfas 13/09/07
  69.   #64: I disagree. Teaching history hasn`t helped and 10:30  |  Citizen 13/09/07
  70.   #66 Ironically 11:26  |  Levy 13/09/07
  71.   Jewish Superiority 11:27  |  S 13/09/07
  72.   Deporting vs re-educating 1. 12:02  |  zmogus 13/09/07
  73.   Racist Israel 12:05  |  Jack Davis 13/09/07
  74.   #71: We have perceived the EXACT same attitude from you 12:26  |  Oleh 13/09/07
  75.   Deporting vs re-educating 2. 12:29  |  zmogus 13/09/07
  76.   #37, abe. A poison as an antidote for poisoning? 12:42  |  zmogus 13/09/07
  77.   #73 dear jack and the life of immigrants 12:43  |  victor hardman 13/09/07
  78.   Re: Teaching history 12:55  |  Alex 13/09/07
  79.   Straight to the point 12:56  |  Cal 13/09/07
  80.   Django 12:58  |  Cal 13/09/07
  81.   Alex 13:01  |  Cal 13/09/07
  82.   Alex, this is for you! 14:15  |  Michael 13/09/07