Five Israelis, Palestinians charged in Iran spy plot, Shin Bet says

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September 27, 2023 Two Israelis and three Palestinians were charged Thursday over membership in a "terror cell" operated by a person living in Jordan and working under Iranian instructions, Israel's security agency Shin Bet said. Among other things, the five individuals are suspected of trying to gather intelligence on National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, receiving instructions to assassinate former Knesset member Yehuda Glick and involvement in weapons smuggling, Israeli authorities said. Ben-Gvir heads the far-right Jewish Power party and has caused uproar and much condemnation by the Arab world when visiting the Temple Mount as minister. Glick, who once served...