The Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a terrorist group headed by Naif Hawatmeh, has been recruiting girl students for various missions on the West Bank. These activities were disclosed at the trial of 22-year-old Wadjdah Ayash, of Jenin, who was sentenced by a Nablus military tribunal to two years imprisonment for membership in the Front.
Ms. Ayash was the fifth Arab girl student tried and sentenced this year for terrorist-related activities. Last month, Saniyeh Saliman, a Nablus student at Amman University, got a three year prison term on similar charges. Hawatmeh reportedly recruited the girls at Arab universities and paid their expenses while he trained them for anti-Israel missions. Ms. Ayash, for example, was sent into Israel with documents including instructions for terrorists active in the Samaria region.
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