Three Israeli Arabs, a young night club dancer and two young men, were arraigned before a Haifa magistrate this week-end on charges of espionage for Arab countries. The magistrate remanded them for trial, but did not set a date.
The defendants are Naifa Samia Akaia, 21, who performed with an Arab folk dance group in a Jaffa night club; Ahmad Shaadi, and Daoud Amouri. The dancer was charged specifically with twice crossing the Israel-Jordanian border to meet with Syrian and Jordanian military personnel.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.