The Shin Bet security service publishes a list of 20 Israeli citizens, one of whom is deceased, who joined the ranks of the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria and Iraq.
The list is drawn up for Interior Minister Aryeh Deri after a law goes into effect this week allowing him to strip members of foreign terror organizations of their Israeli citizenship.
The list is made up mostly of Israeli Arabs, including two each from the towns of Fureidis, Kafr Kassem, Jaljoulya, Be’ena and East Jerusalem.
It also includes two Israelis who were born Jewish in the Soviet Union, immigrated to Israel at a young age, grew up in Israel, then converted to Islam as adults and traveled to Syria to join the ranks of IS.
One, a 28-year-old woman, grew up in Ashdod. The other, Alex, a 32-year-old man, grew up in Lod.
One person on the list died recently, while the list was being drawn up.
Deri is expected to formally strip them of their citizenship in the coming weeks.
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