The Hadera Magistrate’s Court gives an eight-month prison sentence to a Arab Israeli man for praising the Lebanese Shiite terror organization Hezbollah and inciting to violence and terror on Facebook.
Arab father of three Abed Jabareen, 32, also receives a six-month suspended sentence.
Jabareen operated a Facebook account under the name Abed Jbareen Jbaree, garnering more than 1,000 friends and 744 followers, the court heard.
Between December 2014 and May 2015, he published six posts praising Hezbollah and calling on others to support it.
One post said, “Hezbollah are the victors. May God protect them and let Hassan Nasrallah [the organization’s secretary general] and Hezbollah achieve victory over the dogs of IS (so-called Islamic State) and Israel, and say Amen!”
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