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Political Advisor, Relative of Balad Party Head, Arrested on Foreign Agent Suspicion

Israeli security forces arrested political advisor Abd Abu Shahada on suspicion of contact with a foreign agent. Abu Shahada, a relative of Balad party head Sami Abu Shahada, recently returned from Qatar after interviewing former MK Azmi Bishara.

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What happened

  1. 01Political advisor Abd Abu Shahada arrested on suspicion of contact with a foreign agent.
  2. 02Abu Shahada is a relative of Balad party head Sami Abu Shahada.
  3. 03He recently returned from Qatar after interviewing former MK Azmi Bishara.
  4. 04His detention was extended by five days.
  5. 05His name surfaced in a prior Qatari funding case for the Balad party.

His detention was extended by five days, and authorities are investigating potential links to a previous case involving Qatari funding for the Balad party.

Translated and summarized by baba from Ynet, the latest report. Read Ynet’s original

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