2 Israeli Arabs sentenced for plotting to commit security offenses
Haifa court jails two Shfaram cousins for forming Islamic Jihad cell and planning to assassinate Israeli pilots.
By Jack Khoury and Haaretz Service Tags: Israel terrorism Israel newsA Haifa District Court on Thursday sentenced two Israeli Arab residents of Shfaram to 14 years and two and a half years in prison for committing grave security offenses, including forming an Islamic Jihad cell and planning to assassinate Israeli pilots, scientists and university professors.
Anis Sappori, 20, who studies communications at Bir Zeit University in Ramallah, and Hussam Khalil, 19, who studies electrical engineering in Jordan are cousins who were arrested and indicted on multiple charges seven months ago.
They pair reportedly attempted to contact Islamic Jihad operatives in Syria, with the intent of receiving money and expertise in order to help them carry out terror attacks in Israel.
The two suspects had used the Internet to find the names of physics professors at Israeli universities, and proposed using remote operated car bombs to kill them.
The two had also planned to carry out attacks on Israeli pilots, telling investigators that they wanted to take revenge for Israel Air Force operations in the Gaza Strip.
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