2 Arab Citizens Arrested On Suspicion Of Spying

May 11 2010

Israel

Israel's Shin Bet security agency have arrested two Israeli Arab citizens on suspicion of spying for Hezbollah, Haaretz reports.

A gag order on the case was lifted by an Israeli court Sunday night. Ameer Makhoul, director-general of the Arab charity Ittijah, was detained last week, while Omar Sayid was arrested on April 24, according to authorities.

Sayid, a member of the Balad movement, was questioned by police several times over trips abroad in the past few years, said...

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