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Palestinian Arrested in Israel for Trying to Kidnap Israelis
(Jerusalem Post) Yaakov Lappin - The Israel Security Agency arrested Murad Hassan Ali-Hassin, a resident of the West Bank town of Kabatia, who confessed to plotting to kidnap an Israeli in the village of Avtalion in northern Israel last month. He is affiliated with Islamic Jihad and had been jailed in the past. "On April 19, 2014, he attempted to enter a house in Avtalion, near Karmiel, armed with a knife, in order to kidnap one of the home's residents, for the purpose of negotiating the release of Palestinian prisoners. The plot failed after he was chased away from the area by the residents," the ISA said. He also confessed to hurling firebombs at Israeli vehicles and of attempting to set fire to a forest.