Released for publication: A Jewish "peace activist" from Tel Aviv, 29-year-old Tali Fahima, has been arrested on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks against Jewish targets and aiding arch-terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi from Jenin.
Fahima was arrested yesterday by police and turned over to agents of the General Security Services (GSS/Shabak). The Petach Tikva District Court extended Fahima's remand by nine days, and placed a gag order on further details of the case.
The alleged anti-Jewish terrorist Jewess is suspected of planning terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers, and of contact with terrorist groups. The arrest comes while Israeli security officials have publicly warned of "extremist right-wing" terrorist intentions, without presenting evidence of such - while saying nothing of such plots from the left-wing.
Fahima, a resident of Tel Aviv, paid frequent visits to the slums of Jenin, where she developed a serious and apparently romantic relationship with Jenin Al-Aksa Brigades chief Zakaria Zubeidi - one of the most wanted terrorists in Israel. "Even if Zakaria did carry out attacks, so what?" she said of him. "He is under occupation. He is a freedom fighter." Zubeidi, contacted by Ynet, said, "If she is a terrorist, then the entire 'peace camp' in Israel are terrorists as well."
Arutz-7 correspondent Kobi Finkler reports that Fahima was first arrested last May for aiding the enemy in a time of war, possession of firearms, and contact with a terrorist organization. Her lawyer claimed that she used her weapon only in "extenuating circumstances" and insisted that her visits to Jenin were of a humanitarian nature- to help open a school for children in Jenin. Fahima herself said that she wished to serve as a human shield for Zubeidi, to protect him from Israeli security forces. She was acquitted at the time.
Fahima's lawyer, Smadar Ben-Natan, told Army Radio that the Shabak is simply blackening her client's name because she refused to help them capture Zubeidi. "The GSS approached her and asked her to cooperate with them," said Ben-Natan. "Tali refused, and now they are spreading rumors about her."
Finkler also reports that Fahima is involved with left-wing activist groups, which even raised money for her defense on previous occasions.
Fahima was arrested yesterday by police and turned over to agents of the General Security Services (GSS/Shabak). The Petach Tikva District Court extended Fahima's remand by nine days, and placed a gag order on further details of the case.
The alleged anti-Jewish terrorist Jewess is suspected of planning terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers, and of contact with terrorist groups. The arrest comes while Israeli security officials have publicly warned of "extremist right-wing" terrorist intentions, without presenting evidence of such - while saying nothing of such plots from the left-wing.
Fahima, a resident of Tel Aviv, paid frequent visits to the slums of Jenin, where she developed a serious and apparently romantic relationship with Jenin Al-Aksa Brigades chief Zakaria Zubeidi - one of the most wanted terrorists in Israel. "Even if Zakaria did carry out attacks, so what?" she said of him. "He is under occupation. He is a freedom fighter." Zubeidi, contacted by Ynet, said, "If she is a terrorist, then the entire 'peace camp' in Israel are terrorists as well."
Arutz-7 correspondent Kobi Finkler reports that Fahima was first arrested last May for aiding the enemy in a time of war, possession of firearms, and contact with a terrorist organization. Her lawyer claimed that she used her weapon only in "extenuating circumstances" and insisted that her visits to Jenin were of a humanitarian nature- to help open a school for children in Jenin. Fahima herself said that she wished to serve as a human shield for Zubeidi, to protect him from Israeli security forces. She was acquitted at the time.
Fahima's lawyer, Smadar Ben-Natan, told Army Radio that the Shabak is simply blackening her client's name because she refused to help them capture Zubeidi. "The GSS approached her and asked her to cooperate with them," said Ben-Natan. "Tali refused, and now they are spreading rumors about her."
Finkler also reports that Fahima is involved with left-wing activist groups, which even raised money for her defense on previous occasions.