A 24-year-old man was taken into custody for launching an anti-Arab WhatsApp group.

According to the Walla News report from Tuesday, 20 Iyar, an indictment was filed against the man for running the WhatsApp group and a Facebook page under the name Yossi Cohen (His real name on file) to plan attacks against Arabs under a racist banner. The indictment is against a group calling itself Jews Against Assimilation with a stated goal of publicizing events seeking to assimilate Jewish girls and women.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)