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| Israeli police say a 19-year-old man with American and Israeli citizenship is suspected of making threats against Jewish institutions worldwide. | |
| Police arrested the suspect in the south of Israel on Thursday morning over threats against Jewish communities in the US, New Zealand and Australia. | |
| He was detained by Israeli cyber-fraud police, after an inquiry with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. | |
| Last month an ex-US journalist was arrested for several of the threats. | |
| Investigators say that 31-year-old suspect's alleged calls were part of a bizarre campaign against a former girlfriend. | |
| But Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said on Thursday the latest suspect's motives are unclear. | |
| Investigators say the Israeli teen used camouflage technologies to disguise the origin of his calls. | |
| He is also suspected of making threats against an airline, at one point forcing a plane to make an emergency landing in order to be searched for explosives. | |
| In the US, more than 120 hoax bomb threats have been made against Jewish schools, synagogues and cultural centres since earlier January, according to the Anti-Defamation League. |