(AFP-i24News) A Jordanian man, Khaled Abu Raya, 33, was sentenced to eight years behind bars by a state security court over a plot to attack the Israeli embassy in Amman last year. According to the charge sheet, Abu Raya planned "to open fire on the embassy and its employees in a bid to kill a large number of Israelis." The plotted attack was allegedly in retaliation for Washington's decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
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