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An Arab Israeli has been arrested on suspicion of aiding the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group and plotting attacks in the Jewish state.
Shin Bet security service said in a statement in Jerusalem today that its agents and police had arrested Anas Haj Yahya, 35, from the northern town of Taibe, on January 29 in the wake of intelligence information which pointed to him as working to promote terror within the state of Israel.He was formally charged today in a court in Lod,central Israel.
Several Arabs from northern Israel have been arrested for alleged links with IS and around 50 Arab Israelis are currently believed to be among its ranks in Syria and Iraq. Israel added IS to its list of terrorist organisations in October 2015.