An indictment was handed down by the Jerusalem Prosecutor against Saif al-Din Abed el-Nabi, 39, from Jerusalem, who is suspected of contacting a foreign agent and conspiring to commit acts of terror.

The indictment states he contacted Hamas agent Zachariah Najib and they met in Turkey during a business trip made by the accused at a clothing store he owns in Istanbul. Najib lives in Jerusalem and asked him to bring cash to Israel which would later be distributed to families of imprisoned terrorists and families of shaheedim, slain terrorists.

The two met a number of times during which the defendant received $25,000 to be distributed in accordance to instructions from Hamas. He transferred the cash to Israel via diverse methods of concealment. Upon his arrival in Israel, the accused tried to conceal the activities of the money transfers using various cellular devices. The indictment alleges he knowingly acted as a foreign agent and carried out transactions in order to promote or pay for acts of terrorism or to compensate the performance of acts of terrorism.

Najib was among the over 1,000 Arab terrorists released by Israel in the 2011 prisoner exchange deal to secure the release of Gilad Shalit. He was deported to Turkey where he appears to have continued in his profession of anti-Israel terror.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)