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Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Jordan jails 2 over attempt to attack Israeli forces
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Jordanian court sentences two men to 10 years in prison with hard labor for planning an attack against Israeli forces on the countries’ borders.
The state security court in Amman rules that the men, Jordanians both in their twenties, had planned to target Israeli soldiers with a Kalashnikov assault rifle and a pistol.
They had hatched the plan last year after US President Donald Trump announced his controversial decision to recognize the city of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, sparking outrage among Palestinians, a court document says.
One of those convicted planned “to carry out an armed terrorist operation… after [Trump’s] decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem and over the abuses against Palestinians by the Israeli army,” it says.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.