The Tel Aviv Magistrates Court extended the custody of five Israeli-Arab Islamic Movement leaders this afternoon. They are to be indicted on charges of contact with a foreign agent, laundering money, and giving financial aid to Hamas elements. Among the arrestees are Sheikh Raad Salah and Um el-Fahm Mayor Suleimon Ajabariya. Israeli-Arabs in attendance at the court caused a disturbance during the session. The judge wrote in her ruling that there is room to suspect that the subjects harmed state security, and that the arrests are in no way merely "political."
Legal Wheels Turn Against Islamic Movement Leaders
The Tel Aviv Magistrates Court extended the custody of five Israeli-Arab Islamic Movement leaders this afternoon. They are to be indicted on charges of contact with a foreign agent, laundering money, and giving financial aid to Hamas elements. Among the arrestees are Sheikh Raad Salah and Um el-Fahm Mayor Suleimon Ajabariya. Israeli-Arabs in attendance at the court caused a disturbance during the session. The judge wrote in her ruling that there is room to suspect that the subjects harmed state security, and that the arrests are in no way merely "political."