Another Israeli-Arab has been indicted for supporting ISIS; the difference this time is that he never went to Syria, and supported the organization on Facebook and social media; he didn\’t go to Syria because his wife wouldn\’t let him.
An indictment was filed against Wassim Hutaba, 29, for allegedly expressing support for ISIS on social media. He is from the Arab village of Reina.
According to the indictment from the Northern District Prosecutor\’s Office, Hutaba announced that he doesn\’t believe that he is beholden to the laws of the State of Israel – a state he calls a "kufar state" – and justified ISIS attacks around the world, calling them "legitimate responses to Western attacks on Islam."
As opposed to other indictments filed against Israeli citizens who have expressed their support for ISIS in the past, Hutaba didn\’t go to Syria, didn\’t leave Israel, and didn\’t pledge allegiance to ISIS.
According to his testimony, he considered pledging allegiance to the terror group, but decided not to because of his wife\’s resistance to the idea. She was worried that he would be arrested, and said that him joining would negatively affect the family.
Hutaba added that those are the same reasons he decided against carrying out an attack in Israel.
According to the indictment, Hutaba was investigated by the Shin Bet in December, and was warned not to engage in anything which might harm the security of the State of Israel, including supporting ISIS. Nevertheless, he continued to go onto ISIS web pages, read ISIS publications, and watch videos of ISIS carrying out attacks.