ISA & ISRAEL POLICE FOIL PLOT BY 3 ARAB RESIDENTS OF LOD TO KIDNAP AND MURDER AN IDF SOLDIER

(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Office)

2 June 2008

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During April and May 2008, the Israel Security Agency and the Israel Police
arrested the following three men from Lod: Amir Nafar, 20 (studying sharia
at a Jordanian university); Iman Kadura, 26; and Yassin Hinawi, 19, for
conspiring to abduct and murder an IDF soldier in order to bargain for the
release of Palestinian security prisoners. They planned to video the
abducted soldier, murder him and hide his body.

Last December, during the Eid al-Adha holiday, Amir Nafar invited his
co-conspirators to a secret and urgent meeting in the Great Mosque in Lod.
There, Nafar explained his support for the idea of jihad and said that it
was every Muslim's duty to uphold the precept of jihad against the infidels.
After Kadura and Hinawi expressed their support for jihad, Nafar proposed
that they perpetrate the aforesaid abduction and murder. Kadura expressed
his support and began to save money for the terrorist attack whereas Hinawi
did not respond to the proposal.

Their investigation shows that Nafar, Kadura and Hinawi are extremists who
were heavily influenced by fanatic Islamic elements. They were familiar
with the Islamic Movement led by Sheikh Raad Salah. Nafar went to study
sharia in Jordan and was exposed to radical Islamic ideas and influences
that likely spurred him into terrorist activity.

The three will be indicted today (Monday), 2.6.08, in the Petah Tikva
District Court. Nafar and Kadura will be charged with aiding the enemy in
wartime and criminal conspiracy. Hinawi will be charged with failing to
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