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(IsraelNN.com) Four young men from Petach Tikva who are accused of racist attacks and of belonging to a neo-Nazi gang will agree to a plea bargain on Thursday.  The four will admit to distributing Nazi propaganda, making a Nazi salute, and taking part in violent racist assaults.  It is not clear if another four members of the gang will make a similar bargain.

The eight gang members were arrested last year.  The existence of a Nazi cell in Israel shocked many and led to a law against the use and distribution of Nazi symbols and propaganda. 

The case also led officials to discuss the legality of revoking the youths’ citizenship due to their behavior.  The eight are all immigrants from the Former Soviet Union.  Only one is Jewish according to Jewish law.