Two Jews and two Arabs joined forces in a cooperative venture and were arrested and sentenced to jail terms of five to 11 years for their effort. The venture was doomed even before it started. According to police, the quartet–two Arabs from the village of Baqa el Gharbiya and two Jews from Or Akiva–decided to rob an entire village.
Pretending to be Israeli soldiers and wearing Israeli army uniforms replete with stolen badges and rank stripes, the four entered the village of Nadlah-Sharika on the West Bank and claimed to have instructions to carry out a house-to-house search. In the process they looted valuables and money.
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