An indictment was handed down in the Beersheva District Court against Assad Daka who allegedly worked with Arab MK Basel Ghattas, smuggling mobile phones to terrorists locked up in Ketziot Prison. A brother of Assad, Walid, provided MK Ghattas with the phones to bring to terrorists as he, as a MK with parliamentary immunity, is not subject to inspection when entering the prison.

The indictment reads that on 18 December 2016, Assad met with Ghattas at the Dor Alon gas station on Kvish 6 and presented him with four packages containing twelve mobile phones and 16 SIM cards. Ghattas followed instructions and gave the packages to the prisoners. As for MK Ghattas, he remains under partial house arrest.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)