2 Arab Israelis in Saudi trial for alleged plot to attack hajj

Two Arab Israelis went on trial in Saudi Arabia on Monday for allegedly plotting an attack during the Muslim hajj pilgrimage, according to the charge sheet and local media reports. The charge sheet, a copy of which AFP obtained from a source who attended the first hearing, said the two suspects had travelled to the kingdom which is home to Islam's holiest site on passports of an Arab country. The two men were charged with spying for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and of planning "a terrorist act for the hajj season", which this year falls in August, while one of them was also accused of contacts with the Islamic State jihadist group.

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