Court convicts 5 Arab Israelis for bid to join IS

23 May 2016, 5:08 pm

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Lod District Court convicts five residents of Jaljulia, an Arab town in central Israel, for trying to join Islamic State jihadists fighting in Syria.

Four of the five were trying to reach Syria through Turkey and the fifth via a glider, Ynet reports.

The five plead guilty under a plea bargain to a series of crimes, including making contacting with a foreign agent and attempting to leave the country illegally.

The central defendant is sentenced to three years in prison and three others are jailed for sentences ranging from 10 months to one year. The report does not provide details on the sentencing of the fifth defendant.