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Wednesday, May 2, 2018
East Jerusalemite handed 3 year sentence for terror activity on Temple Mount
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Jerusalem District Court sentences a East Jerusalem resident to three years in prison over his involvement in a Hamas-affiliated organization that operates on the Temple Mount.
Nahed Sagheer was an activist in the religious organization known as al-Shabab al-Aqsa, which was classified as a terror group in 2011.
The Shin Bet has said that in addition to stoking violence on the Temple Mount to deter non-Muslim visitors, members of the group have also carried out a number of deadly terror attacks, including an October 2016 shooting in which two Israelis were killed at the capital’s Ammunition Hill light rail stop and during a subsequent shootout with police.
As part of the plea bargain, Sagheer admits to “management of a terrorist organization” and is fined NIS 10,000.
The Times of Israel Community.