The Jerusalem District Attorney's office filedindictments, Tuesday morningin Jerusalem District Court against Hamas members KhaledAbu ArafaandMuhammad Totahfor activityandsupport of the organization and forillegal residence.
According to the indictment,the defendantsareseniorHamasmembers,one a ministerfor Jerusalemand the second a member of parliament in the Palestinian Authority government, whose permanent residencein Israel was revoked in June2010 due to their activities as members ofthe organization. From then untiltheir recent arrest,theywere holed upin a tentin the yard of the Red Cross officein Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.to prevent arrestby the Israeli policeandto protest thedecisionto arrest thembecause they areillegal aliens.