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Young Israeli jailed for ties with Hizbullah
Umm al-Fahm resident who had ties with Hizbullah agent she met in Jordan sentenced to three-year jail term
A 24-year-old woman from Umm al-Fahm was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday after she was convicted of maintaining ties with a Hizbullah agent. The accused, Manar Jabarin, had been in contact with the agent, whom she met while studying in Jordan, for several years.
The two met five years ago, when Jabarin was a dental student in Amman. The agent, a young woman by the name of Gada Abdul Quds Mustafa Shawish, repeatedly tried to recruit Jabarin to the organization, but at first the Israeli-Arab refused.
However, in 2003 Jabarin finally consented to aid Gada and agreed to transfer a disk-on-key device to Israel. The two remained in touch afterwards, via phone and the internet, and Jabarin also traveled to Jordan again to meet Gada.
Jabarin was arrested in June 2007 and was charged with maintaining ties with a foreign agent and aiding an illegal organization. At the opening of her trial, Jabarin confessed to the charges and expressed remorse for her actions.
In their ruling, the judges wrote that Jabarin's contact with the agent had been pre-planned and ongoing. "The behavior pattern of the accused attests to her willingness to serve an organization whose intentions are reflected in its leaders' speeches."
The judges added that even though in this case the State's security did not suffer, the gravity of the offense could not be ignored.
