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Last update - 16:50 10/10/2007 Palestinian-born Jewish convert convicted of aiding Islamic Jihad By Fadi Eyadat, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Israel, Palestinian, Judaism  The Haifa District Court convicted Asaf Ben David, a Palestinian who converted to Judaism, of contact with a foreign agent and conspiring to aid the enemy. The 39-year-old Ben David (originally Hussam Sawatmeh) was convicted of trying to help his brother Salah, an activist in Islamic Jihad, attain nitric acid for the purpose of preparing explosives. Ben David was born in the West Bank town of Kfar Tuba. However, after converting to Judaism he married a Jewish woman and moved to the Haifa area. The youngest of his four children is currently serving in the Israel Defense Forces. Advertisement According to the court's ruling, Ben David was in contact with his brother regarding the supply of nitric acid between October 2006 and until his brother's death in December of 2006. Following his brother's death, Ben David apparently returned to Islam. According to the verdict, while mourning his brother's death Ben David lamented the fact that he did not have a chance to supply him with the acid before he died. In reading the sentencing, Justice Itzhak Amit showed remorse for the incident, saying that it was "a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian tragedy." Ben David's two living brothers are in Israeli prisons for security reasons. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Holocaust education For Dutch instructors, Islamophobia can be a teaching aid for Holocaust studies. White House race Edwards is the angry candidate; Obama prefers conciliation.   1.   DO NOT GIVE THEM A STATE EVEN IF THEY CONVERT TO JUDAISM))))))))) 17:18  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 10/10/07   2.   Error getting compiled page 17:22  |  Shlomo 10/10/07   3.   I don`t believe this story 17:32  |  Tamir Palestine 10/10/07   4.   This is a plot against him... it is evident! 17:37  |  Haim 10/10/07   5.   common news 17:46  |  ken 10/10/07   6.   #1 VOICE of MOSHIACH = Racist 17:48  |  POP 10/10/07   7.   #1 VOICE of MOSHIACH = Racist 17:48  |  POP 10/10/07   8.   A TRAITOR TO ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE 17:54  |  Q.Uisling 10/10/07   9.   convert? 18:12  |  ed 10/10/07   10.   TO POP#6:THE TORAH PROHIBITS A CONVERT TO BECOME A KING IN ISRAEL 18:12  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 10/10/07   11.   Imagine how Palestinians would have punished a traitor. 18:50  |  Eternal Jew 10/10/07   12.   VOICE OF MOSHIACH#10... ISRAEL IS NOT A KINGDOM!! 18:51  |  Tamar 10/10/07   13.   Converts 18:57  |  Jason, Ph.D. 10/10/07   14.   ONLY A PALESTINIAN COULD AID HIS BROTHER TO BOMB HIS OWN FAMILY 19:01  |  DR. PSYCHIATRIST 10/10/07   15.   Palestinians and Jews are like oil and water 19:19  |  Jake 10/10/07   16.   Jason, Ph.D., you are wrong 19:28  |  Jake 10/10/07   17.   #13, true, and if any Jew conspires to help Islamic Jihad... 19:51  |  McQueen 10/10/07   18.   #3 who gives a damn whether you believe it! 19:53  |  McQueen 10/10/07   19.   Israeli conversions? 20:32  |  Motic 10/10/07   20.   Jail then deportation. However, there were signs ignored. 20:44  |  Chick 10/10/07   21.   Jake, #16 21:14  |  Jason, Ph.D. 10/10/07   22.   Voice Of Mashiach 21:41  |  Michael 10/10/07   23.   tamar....it was and it will again. 21:59  |  maria 10/10/07   24.   convert 22:18  |  I know 10/10/07   25.   #6 You are the racist 22:34  |  McQueen 10/10/07   26.   tamir,sorry that you dont believe this,but this 22:37  |  terrornator 10/10/07   27.   Wasn`t David a convert? 22:54  |  Dick Hertz 10/10/07   28.   Send him to Afghanistan 23:15  |  natan 10/10/07   29.   #27 - Painful Private 23:16  |  natan 10/10/07   30.   And he moarned because he did not get the nitric acid 23:29  |  KUTW 10/10/07   31.   Dick Herz, uh no 23:29  |  Jake 10/10/07   32.   What I heard 23:55  |  Alex Ensor 10/10/07   33.   "Chick" number 20 - Islam is not dying 23:59  |  avi 10/10/07   34.   #3 Tamir - why don`t you believe this story?? 00:22  |  * BEN JABO 11/10/07   35.   #7 POP goes the weasel 00:24  |  * BEN JABO 11/10/07   36.   #27 Putz in Pain 00:29  |  * BEN JABO 11/10/07   37.   A plant from the beginning 01:19  |  Brod 11/10/07   38.   #17 Speak nice to me body 01:20  |  Tamir Palestine 11/10/07   39.   bizarre 01:37  |  aj 11/10/07   40.   terrornator, your sorry appology is accepted hahahaha 01:42  |  Tamir Palestine 11/10/07   41.   Justice 01:54  |  Mark 11/10/07   42.   palestinian convert 02:00  |  raphael gabay 11/10/07   43.   #3 - lie to yourself 02:05  |  ken 11/10/07   44.   Quisling 06:00  |  Victor USA 11/10/07   45.   Muslim Convert 09:28  |  Shekinah 11/10/07   46.   Voice of Nonsence 09:35  |  Mark 11/10/07   47.   A Miracle! 16:04  |  G-d`s wife 11/10/07   48.   Tamir: we`re not dumb 20:41  |  Mario 11/10/07

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