A Jaffa Arab was sentenced to two-and-a-half years’ imprisonment by the District Court here today for passing information to Jordan.
The Arab, Mohammed Moughrabi, was convicted of crossing the border into Jordan and giving the Jordanians information which endangered the State. Moughrabi had confessed to the charges.
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