Muslim convert to Judaism faces terror charge
AP
Occupied Jerusalem: Asaf Ben-David, an Israeli Jew, is facing charges of conspiring to carry out a terror attack with a wanted Palestinian militant - his brother.
The exceptional story of Ben-David, a 38-year-old father of four, begins in Tubas, a village in the West Bank, where he was born a Palestinian Muslim named Hussam Sawafta. In the early 1990s, he found work as a labourer in Israel, where he converted to Judaism, lived as an Orthodox Jew, married an Israeli woman and raised a family.
For years, Ben-David led a seemingly uneventful life and had little contact with his Palestinian relatives. Then last month, the Israeli army killed his brother, an Islamic Jihad militant, in a West Bank gunbattle.
Ben-David's story took another dramatic turn last week, when he was indicted on charges of helping his brother plan a deadly attack against Israelis.
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Earlier report:
Palestinian convert accused of aiding Jihad activist
The Haifa District Attorney’s Office filed an indictment at the Haifa District Court Thursday against Asaf Ben David, also known as Husam Suafta, for conspiring with the enemy, and having contact with a foreign agent.
Ben David, a Palestinian who converted to Judaism and was granted Israeli citizenship, was accused of having contact with his brother, an Islamic Jihad activist, and attempting to purchase nitrous acid for him, which would be used in the preparation of explosives.
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Monday, January 22, 2007
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