Three Israeli Arabs were sentenced for conspiring to kidnap an Israeli soldier and deliver him to Hezbollah as a negotiating card for the release of terrorists held in Israel. The three men, all from the Golan Heights village of Bukata, received sentences raging from four to 13 years from the Nazareth Magistrate’s Court.
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