The grandson of an Israeli Arab lawmaker defected to the ranks of Hezbollah, according to a newspaper report. On Monday, the daily Ma’ariv said Qais Obeid, 30, left his hometown of Taiba in central Israel three years ago to enlist as an intelligence adviser to Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader.
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