An Israeli man was convicted of belonging to a Jewish terrorist organization believed to be behind vigilante killings of seven Palestinian civilians in the past four years. The conviction of Shahar Dvir-Zeliger, 29, of the West Bank settlement of Adei Ad, was the first in two decades of a Jewish terror organization whose purpose is to attack innocent Palestinians, prosecutor Dan Aldad said.
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