The Israeli Beersheba District Court yesterday sentenced an Israeli man to ten years imprisonment after finding him guilty of contacting Iranian agents, some of them inside Iran, and discussing a plot to assassinate senior Israeli officials. According to Israeli media, 72-year-old Moti Maman, from the city of Ashkelon, was convicted in December on charges of contact with a foreign agent and entering an enemy state without authorisation, after he visited Iran twice and met with Iranian intelligence officials to discuss assassinating senior Israeli public figures including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, or then-Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. “The sentence should reflect a significant element of deterrence and convey a clear and distinct message regarding the punitive price […]
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