An Israeli Arab lawmaker went on trial for alleged support of a terrorist organization. The charges against Knesset member Azmi Beshara relate to two speeches he made last year, one of them in Syria, allegedly praising Hezbollah’s guerrilla warfare against Israel and encouraging Palestinians to adopt similar tactics.
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