41 Israeli Arabs Arrested for Conspiracy
Police have arrested 41 Israeli Arabs and three Palestinians from the West Bank on suspicion of forming an underground, illegal possession of arms and conspiracy to attack police and soldiers, Israeli police said Tuesday.
Of those arrested, 24 have been indicted, said Alik Ron, police chief in northern Israel.
Ron stressed that such cases are unusual among Israel’s Arab minority, who are mostly law-abiding. Although most Israeli Arabs support the demand of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for an independent state, the vast majority has not engaged in militant activity against Israeli authorities.
“It is a long time since such serious nationalist activity with such serious intentions has been uncovered,” Ron said.
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